Thursday, February 17, 2022

Video Drives Most Bandwidth Consumption, Mobile Phones the Most Connected Devices

Some really-important trends might not be entirely obvious in this description of a report about how customers used Wi-Fi on the Comcast network. 


You might think the biggest use would be video streaming, and that is likely true in terms of bandwidth consumption, though the report is organized around “numbers of connected devices” not “bandwidth consumption.”


You might be somewhat surprised that personal computers do not even show up as a category worth quantifying. It is not so much home broadband as a platform for work, homework or economic growth is unimportant. PC use for work or learning is important. 


But such use cases do not dominate bandwidth consumption, which is led by gaming, TV and other entertainment purposes. 

source: Comcast  


Bandwidth consumption is another matter, as global bandwidth consumption is dominated by video, including entertainment video and video clips on social media and for advertising. 


source: Comscore


source: Comscore


source: NCTA  

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