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Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus
From: Tom Paseka via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:50:02 -0700
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 () 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 iCarOn Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote: The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus. I expect otherISPs to quickly follow.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisisAT&T is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending allbroadband 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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- AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Sean Donelan (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Jared Mauch (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Tom Paseka via NANOG (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Sean Donelan (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Jared Mauch (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Mark Tinka (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Sabri Berisha (Mar 13)
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- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Clayton Zekelman (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Mark Tinka (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Ben Cannon (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Tom Paseka via NANOG (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Jeff Shultz (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Jared Mauch (Mar 13)
- Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus Steve Meuse (Mar 13)