Some really-important trends might not be entirely obvious in this description of a report about how customers used Wi-Fi on the Comcast network. Perhaps the most important finding is that--counting the number of connected devices--mobile phones are the biggest users of home Wi-Fi.
That speaks to the value of Wi-Fi as a platform for mobile phone connectivity.
You might think the biggest use would be video streaming, and that is likely true in terms of bandwidth consumption, though the report is organized around “numbers of connected devices” not “bandwidth consumption.”
You might be somewhat surprised that personal computers do not even show up as a category worth quantifying. It is not so much home broadband as a platform for work, homework or economic growth is unimportant. PC use for work or learning is important.
But such use cases do not dominate bandwidth consumption, which is led by gaming, TV and other entertainment purposes.
Bandwidth consumption is another matter, as global bandwidth consumption is dominated by video, including entertainment video and video clips on social media and for advertising.
source: NCTA
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