Data collected by telephone operators since the announcement of the reconfinement by Emmanuel Macron on October 28 show a peak in traffic equivalent to that of the first containment.

In detail, we observe that the president's speech was followed by a spike in calls and that some Ile-de-France residents have again left for the countryside.

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So it's been five days since the second confinement began.

There are more exemptions than in the spring, but despite everything, the French once again spend more time at home.

Many have returned to teleworking and others have resumed the habits of the first confinement: phone call to parents, aperitif on Zoom, series on Netflix in the evening or even online video games.

And this is felt on the side of the operators who have observed for several days Internet and mobile traffic similar to that of the first confinement.

Europe 1 investigated.

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A new exile for Ile-de-France residents?

It didn't take long for the lockdown to take effect.

As early as Wednesday evening, in the wake of Emmanuel Macron's intervention on television, Bouygues observed an unusual spike in calls, proof that the measure caused a reaction and, perhaps, that the French sought to organize quickly their confinement.

Another lesson: the boom in sales of SNCF tickets on Thursday departing from Paris, revealed by Europe 1, is verified with mobile data.

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"We see that our mobile telephone antennas are more limited than usual in the provinces than in the Paris region", says Fabienne Dulac, general manager of Orange France, guest of 

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on Monday on Europe 1. We will have to wait a bit, however to precisely quantify a possible "exile" of Ile-de-France residents as during the first confinement.

In March, thanks to telephone data, Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange, was able to announce that "the population of the inhabitants of Grand-Paris (was) reduced by 20%, and there (had) been 30% of 'increase in the population on the island of Ré ".

Peaks similar to those of the first confinement

More generally, the upward trend is confirmed.

At Bouygues, for example, we note a longer average call duration, a sign that, even from a distance, we need to talk to each other.

For its part, Orange has noticed a rapid and global increase in traffic.

"We find exactly the peaks of the first period of confinement, both on TV platforms, on the Internet and on voice, with a rate that is increasing day by day. So we see that we are going to start again on trafficking and audiences similar to those we have known, ”explains Fabienne Dulac.

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Here too, it will be necessary to refine the figures.

But the increase promises to be significant.

During the first confinement, call traffic had doubled, videoconferencing by two, text messaging by five and data related to teleworking by ten.

As a result, fixed Internet consumption had increased by 20 to 30% depending on the region, according to Orange.

Nothing to fear however, the operators have learned the lessons of the first containment.

Orange indicates that its networks are sized to handle a sudden increase in demand.

Ditto at SFR which lets it be known that all is well.