AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

Fri Mar 13 15:56:52 UTC 2020

But why do they peak in the late evening? ....'cause that's when folks are
home.

If you now have a houseful of work-from-home and school-from-home people,
we could, potentially, see the curve change, especially if folks are
working and watching netflix/youtube,  etc.

I suspect rather than the peak dropping at all, the peak will stretch over
a longer time period.

-Steve

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:50 PM Tom Paseka via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
wrote:

> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late
> evening. They have loads of capacity during the day.
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net> wrote:
>
>> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is
>> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling
>> me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN
>> struggled to work.
>>
>> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.
>>
>> Sent from my iCar
>>
>> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other
>> ISPs to quickly follow.
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
>> >
>> > AT&T is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all
>> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow
>> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators
>> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.
>>
>
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