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New Data Shows How People Are Using the Internet During COVID-19

Since the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home measures began in March for much of the country, viewers in the Americas started watching more streaming video, playing more video games, and using social media more, according to a new report by Sandvine. It might not come as a surprise, but the sudden massive shift in traffic from business networks to home networks also
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Statement of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association Regarding the Introduction of the Emergency Educational Connections Act in the Senate

“As America continues to adapt to changes in our daily lives resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, the cable industry is redoubling its efforts to partner with schools and families in ways that support remote learning while classrooms remain closed. While the calendar moves us closer to upcoming graduations and the arrival of summer, we know that many challenges remain for
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Supporting America's Schools During COVID-19

Teacher Appreciation Week has looked very different this year with school closures and students isolated at home with their families due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a lot of cases, kids are receiving classroom online instruction in order to close out their school year. Teachers and schools have gone to great lengths to continue the learning process for millions of
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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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Statement of Michael Powell, President & CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, Regarding the FCC’s Approval to Enable Shared Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band

“The Commission’s unanimous, bipartisan vote on 6 GHz will go a long way toward advancing the next generation of superfast Wi-Fi connectivity while also protecting TV production operations critical to providing American consumers with high-quality programming. Traffic forecasts show that the need for additional unlicensed spectrum is urgent, and now more than ever we’re working, learning, accessing health and financial
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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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