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by ITWarrior 2305 days ago
What do network restrictions have to do with WFH/COVID-19? Am I missing something or was this comment meant for a different chain?
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The company realized they don't have enough bandwidth at the VPN portals to support hundreds of simultaneous Skype and Teams video chats for the entire length of the work day when everyone starts working from home.

So the short-term fix (and probably long-term as well) is to restrict bandwidth-hogging apps from company computers.