AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[alexandre.petrescu at gmail.com (Alexandre Petrescu)]

Le 17/03/2020 à 19:17, Dan White a écrit :
> Things have been eerily quiet where we are (Oklahoma). We're an eyeball
> network and have had no noticeable changes in bandwidth usage that 
> couldn't
> be explained by statistical noise.
>
> We keep game planning more and more contingency scenarios, waiting to 
> jump
> when needed, but things have just been unexpectedly normal.
>
> Perhaps we're behind the game in impact. I'd be curious to hear about
> networks that are "ahead of us", and what the impact has been.

I am not a sysadmin of a Network, but a few hours in advance.

The bad news: I can ask you how many cases in Oklahoma?

The good news: there is news about medication.

Alex

>
> On 03/15/20Â 02:30Â +0000, John van Oppen wrote:
>> We are seeing the peak spread out�   we carry mostly pacific 
>> northwest residential networks�  we are also seeing new, slightly 
>> higher evening peaks.
>>
>> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Rishi Singh
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:25 AM
>> To: Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net>
>> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet 
>> customers due to coronavirus
>>
>> Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT&T/ Comcast) 
>> has seen any graphs of network traffic over time and could share 
>> details (redacted of course due to the sensitivity). Would love to 
>> hear if/how capacity is constrained with more people working form home.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 PM Jared Mauch 
>> <jared at puck.nether.net<mailto:jared at puck.nether.net>> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Sent from my iCar
>>
>>> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan 
>>> <sean at donelan.com<mailto:sean at 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.
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