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German internet exchange operator De-Cix said it has reached a peak traffic of 10 Tbps at its facility in Frankfurt.

Accoding to "Telecompaper", De-Cix said it has not been able to identify the cause of the peak, adding that it could have been a combination of the Champions League, the US elections, software upgrades, and the start of Germany's second lockdown.

De-Cix initially forecast a peak of 9 Tbps towards the end of the year, from 8.3 Tbps in February.

Traffic peaks have been recorded not only at the facility in Frankfurt, but also at other De-Cix internet exchanges such as New York and Madrid.

Average broadband speeds during the lockdown dropped by an average of 6.31 percent globally, according to Betanews.

There were more pronounced drops in some regions, particularly Central America (26%), Northern Africa (18%), Asia excluding Near East (16%), South America (16%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (14%). Individual countries whose average internet speeds dropped the most during their lockdown periods were China (51%), Panama (49%), Madagascar (38%), Chile (37%) and Peru (37%).

Western Europe is among the regions with the smallest average drop in measured speeds, with a regional drop of 4% during lockdown periods compared to time outside of lockdowns. There were still big differences between countries though, the UK experienced a relatively insignificant drop of 1.7 percent during its own lockdown period. However, Finland (25%), Netherlands (13%), Austria (10%), Italy (10%) and Norway (7%) experienced significant drops in the average speed recorded.