2020 network upstream growth rate nearly 4x pre-pandemic levels
OpenVault study shows the impact of business hours increases and individual subscriber behaviour on upstream capacity is putting unprecedented strain on network operators
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Driven by a massive increase in business hours consumption of applications such as video conferencing, broadband upstream traffic growth during 2020 was found to have been at 350% of historic rates, according to a new OVBI Special Report from OpenVault.
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Pandemic impact on upstream broadband usage and network capacity report from the provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based revenue and network improvement technology and data-driven insights for the broadband industry, investigated how remote work, education, entertainment and personal communication have applied significant pressure on operators’ significantly limited upstream capacity since March 2020.