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Internet use soared throughout 2020, helping ISPs cash in on data caps

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andrzej Wojcicki) Large numbers of US Internet subscribers are using over 1TB a month for the first time as the pandemic continues to boost home-Internet usage, according to research released today by the vendor OpenVault. “The power user category continue[d] to accelerate [in Q4 2020], with 14.1 percent of weighted […]

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Broadband power users Burst, making Information caps more Rewarding for ISPs

Data limit money. (charge: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The amount of broadband”power users”–people using 1TB or more per monthhas skyrocketed over the last year, making sure that ISPs are going to have the ability to earn more income from information caps. Back in Q3 2020, 8.8% of broadband subscribers found at 1TB a month, up […]