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Broadband Performance: A Steady Story of Plateauing Peaks

The digital era has seen many advancements since the dawn of the internet, but never have America's broadband networks shown their mettle as they have during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we've been tracking weekly network performance nationwide, the reports have shown that cable's significant investment in infrastructure and technology upgrades over the last two decades has served consumers well as
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America's Broadband Leaders Extend Their Connectivity Relief Efforts During COVID-19

Last month, the country's cable broadband leaders came together and made a commitment to help Americans get through this pandemic by signing onto the Keep Americans Connected Pledge. The FCC initiative was started to ensure that Americans and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to access an internet connection. Through this pledge (which extended originally until mid-May),
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Why Cable’s Broadband Network Is Handling the Pandemic and Ready for the Future

With America having shifted to a work-from-home and school-from-home environment for the past several weeks, internet traffic has skyrocketed. This week’s report from our COVID-19 dashboard shows that since March 1 national downstream peak growth is up more than 16% and national upstream peak growth has increased more than 34%, with some regions seeing upstream peak growth approaching a 50%
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ESPN to Produce First Ever Virtual NFL Draft

Most live sports on TV, with the exception of esports, have all but come to a halt during this tenuous era marked by COVID-19. But ESPN hopes to bring spirits up beginning tonight during its first ever virtual NFL draft. In a combined broadcast with NFL Network, the 2020 draft that was supposed to take place in Las Vegas will
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National Peak Broadband Traffic Has Plateaued

The fourth week of data from the cable industry’s COVID-19 Internet Dashboard continues a familiar pattern: national peak broadband growth (both downstream and upstream) has essentially plateaued. This doesn’t mean that we won’t see some variation in peak demand increases (or decreases) from week to week among certain states and regions, but overall the national pattern is consistent and proves
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Peak Broadband Traffic Continues to Remain Steady

The Hard Work of Keeping Americans Connected to the Internet Today marks week three of NCTA updating the cable industry’s COVID-19 Internet Dashboard, a project that we launched in late March to inform consumers, government agencies, policymakers, and media about how cable’s broadband networks are performing during the pandemic. The dashboard includes aggregated data from cable internet service providers that
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3Q: A Look into Esports with Turner's Jennifer Dill

Esports has become quite the phenomenon over the past couple of years, and its audience is expected to grow even more as mainstream audiences are introduced to the concept of watching professional gamers compete against each other. And, as the much of the world is now spending the majority of their time at home during COVID-19, many people are turning
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TV Networks Play a Powerful Role in Coronavirus Response

It now goes without saying, but a lot of things are different. Many Americans find themselves spending more time with entertainment and news, shining a light on the important role media plays in our lives. Our favorite shows can feel like old friends, taking us out of our stress and reminding us of the familiar. With that in mind, many
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Is Peak Broadband Usage Leveling Off?

As we continue to work, learn, live and play from the confines of our homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, NCTA intends to continue reporting on how the cable industry’s broadband networks are performing. Last Tuesday, we unveiled the new COVID-19 Internet Dashboard – aggregated data from cable internet service providers that deliver broadband to tens of millions of homes and
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3Q: How to Stay Safe Online, According to an Expert

Now that we all find ourselves in a new reality, be it working, learning, or just passing time at home, there are some unique vulnerabilities to be aware of online. To clear up some of the uncertainty, we virtually-interviewed NCTA Vice President of Broadband Technology Matt Tooley to give us an expert’s advice and give us some peace of mind.
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