Easter Had Record Sunday Spike in Broadband Consumption, OpenVault Says
Broadband use on Easter set a new Sunday high, with average consumption of 17.3 Gb per subscriber, topping the previous high of 15.97 GB on March 22, OpenVault said Tuesday. It said downstream consumption was 16.3 Gb per subscriber, up…
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37.9% over March 1, before pandemic social distancing measures started taking effect. It said upstream usage was 0.97 GB, up 51.7% over March. 1. OpenVault said the spike was likely due to videoconference-enabled virtual Sunday visits to friends and family. Average home monthly usage in the U.S. in March was around 400 Gb, up around 20% from the end of last year (see 2004060038).