In a trend update, OpenVault as released new data on broadband usage from the past year. It’s up 40% year over year, and the prediction is that by December 2021, the average broadband consumption per household will be around 600-650 gigabytes.
That’s six times the number from 2015. Axios pulled together some context. Comcast last week reported it will see double-digit growth in broadband additions this year compared to 2019. It added 461,000 customers in the first quarter of 2021.
Accelerant. Easy trend to spot but true. Take a moment and absorb that 650 GB is the AVERAGE consumption level for a household.
And why do we care? On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology is holding a hearing on broadband equity. Expect this dependency to come up? I sure do.
I maintain IT services companies should be applauding this. More broadband is more service opportunity.