Internet Traffic Dipped as Viewers Took in the Eclipse NYT: Science By: Jenny Gross 9 April 2024 at 10:42 Internet traffic dropped by 40 percent or more during the eclipse in states in the path of totality, including Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio, Cloudflare found. Β© Madeleine Hordinski for The New York TimesSpectators watched the total eclipse on Monday from the Ohio village of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erieβs South Bass Island.