During PM Modi's 9pm 9 minute campaign on April 5, internet traffic dipped sharply as people switched their house lights off, and rose sharply again, surging past the pre-9pm levels as the lights came back on. Extreme Internet Exchange, which transports around 750 Gbps of Indian internet traffic at peak times, recorded a sharp 350Gbps drop at 9 pm, and a whopping 400Gbps increase after the end of the activity, as people came back online. AMS-IX, another internet exchange, recorded the same dynamic, indicating that a large volume of people went to sleep later than usual, after spending more time than usual on the internet. [caption id="attachment_212779" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Extreme Internet Exchange's dip and surge during the 9pm 9 minute campaign.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_212786" align="aligncenter" width="550"] AMS-IX's dip and surge during the 9 pm 9 minute campaign.[/caption] NIXI recorded a…
