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I'm wondering if this might have been a result of wireless internet traffic being overwhelmed with everyone in the areas of totality uploading pictures and video... actually using internet bandwidth at the exact same moment? The resulting congestion reducing overall internet usage because it was focused on wireless networks only vs/ broadband home connections (since obviously everyone was outside and not inside)

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It's possible, but we don't have a state-level perspective on mobile devices vs desktop, only at the country level. So, it's difficult to confirm.

doubtful. people were busy watching it, not live streaming it.

Internationally people would be streaming it, but TBH the images of the thing itself aren't that impressive and the video stream compresses well. I did like seeing a timelapse of a city as the eclipse happened.

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