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

[Steve Meuse <smeuse () mara org>]

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 () 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 () 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 () 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.