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Daniel Frankel

Broadband Shocker: Usage-Based Customers Now Chew Through More Data Than Flat-Rate Subscribers Do

Tunnel 'o data

Belying a widely accepted broadband industry precept, usage-based customers in the U.S. actually consumed more data than flat-rate high-speed broadband subscribers did in the first quarter, according to the latest report published by Hoboken, N.J.-based OpenVault. 

Home internet customers who pay extra for exceeding certain data thresholds consumed, on average, 562.7 gigabytes of data from January - March vs. 555.5 for subscribers who pay one flat rate for unlimited data. 

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