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AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus
- Subject: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus
- From: sabri at cluecentral.net (Sabri Berisha)
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:09:48 -0700 (PDT)
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----- On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:
Hi,
>> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
>> They have loads of capacity during the day.
>
> Do they have capacity to the right places?
>
> The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs
> on the edge of the network.
Perhaps MPAA can follow AT&Ts lead and suspend copyright enforcement so people can torrent some entertainment? :)
I will say that as much as AT&T can be disliked by some groups, they did the right thing and are giving a great example.
Thanks,
Sabri