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

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

Does that mean Comcast is going to drop my $30/month surcharge for actual unlimited?

Owen


> On Mar 13, 2020, at 14:23 , lobna gouda <lobna_gouda () hotmail com> wrote:
>
> Hey Networkers,
>
> Seems other companies will imitate ATT, comcast is giving it free and with the national emergencies universities will 
> work online...etc. Yet this is not US scope, it is worldwide. There is  blog from cloudfare seems interesting about 
> the internet traffic.
>
> Does other have graph seeing traffic difference?
>
> https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/ 
> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
>
> Brgds,
>
> LG
>  <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>    
> COVID-19 impacts on Internet traffic: Seattle, Northern Italy and South Korea 
> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
> The last few weeks have seen unprecedented changes in how people live and work around the world. Over time more and 
> more companies have given their employees the right to work from home, restricted business travel and, in some cases, 
> outright sent their entire workforce home.
> blog.cloudflare.com <http://blog.cloudflare.com/>
>
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:34 PM
> To: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
> Cc: nanog () nanog org <nanog () nanog org>
> Subject: Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus
>  
> 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 
> > <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.