Akamai to Cut Gaming Downloads to Reduce Bottlenecks During Peak Periods
Akamai is working with the Xbox and PlayStation platforms to avert COVID-19 online gridlock, CEO Tom Leighton blogged Tuesday. "Where demand is creating bottlenecks for customers, we will be reducing gaming software downloads at peak times, completing downloads at the…
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normal fast speeds late at night," he wrote. The move "will help ensure healthcare workers and first responders ... have continual access to the vital digital services."