The Internet peak traffic saw 40 per cent rise in March in India and there was significant spike in downloads and uploads per user, owing to the high volume of work and streaming content across all major cities including tier II markets, says a new report. While the average downloads increased by 66 per cent per user per month, the average uploads surged at 37 per cent per user per month, according to ''State of Internet Traffic Trend'' report by ACT Fibernet, one of India''s largest wired Internet Service Provider.