Apple pushed out a new software upgrade for their user interface...a pretty big upgrade, all the iphone users are downloading it congesting the network. Garrison Carr This email message is intended for the use of the person to whom it has been sent, and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, you are not authorized to copy, distribute, or otherwise use this message or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this message and any attachments. NTT America makes no warranty that this email is error or virus free. Thank you . -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgster@mykolab.com] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:58 AM To: NANOG Subject: Re: iOS 7 update traffic Can someone please explain to a non-Apple person what the hell happened that started generating so much traffic? Perhaps I missed it in this thread, but I would be curious to know what iOS 7 implemented that caused this... Thanks in adavnce, - ferg On 9/19/2013 10:23 AM, Nick Olsen wrote:
We also saw a huge spike in traffic. Still pretty high today as well. We saw a ~60% above average hit yesterday, And we're at ~20-30% above average today as well. Being an android user, It didn't dawn on me until some of the IOS users in the office started jumping up and down about IOS7 Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
---------------------------------------- From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:19 PM To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: iOS 7 update traffic
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
We also noticed an interesting spike (+ ~40%), mostly in akamai. The same happened on previous iOS too.
I see it here, too. At its peak, our traffic levels were roughly double what we would see on a normal weekday.
jms
Zachary McGibbon wrote on 18/9/2013 20:38:
So iOS 7 just came out, here's the spike in our graphs going to our ISP here at McGill, anyone else noticing a big spike?
[image: internet-sw1 - Traffic - Te0/7 - To Internet1-srp (IR Canet) - TenGigabitEthernet0/7]
Zachary McGibbon
-- Paul Ferguson Vice President, Threat Intelligence Internet Identity, Tacoma, Washington USA IID --> "Connect and Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com