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/

Brgds,

LG


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. 

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> 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.