Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Job Snijders]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, at 19:38, Dan White wrote:
> By "ahead of us", I'm hoping to glean some operational experience from
> European, or networks in larger cities with a more impactful lock
> down.

It is all fairly new here too. Some of the things that have come to mind so far:

- the supply chain for components (linecards / fabric cards) may be hampered, 
shipments are slowed down, probably due to staffing issues at each hop.

- for buildout projects which require a small crew to assemble/construct/lift 
(heavy) things, you may no longer be able to form such crews. One might have to 
entertain the notion that all physical work has to fit the capabilities of a 
single person

- Flying your own staff around to do physical work is no longer a responsible 
option

- Availability of remote hands is reduced (or in some places even entirely 
unavailable)

I'm sure this list will continue to grow as we learn more about how things used 
to work and what no longer works.

Kind regards,

Job

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Dan White]

On 03/17/20 19:25 +0100, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:


Le 17/03/2020 à 19:17, Dan White a écrit :

Things have been eerily quiet where we are (Oklahoma). We're an eyeball
network and have had no noticeable changes in bandwidth usage that 
couldn't

be explained by statistical noise.

We keep game planning more and more contingency scenarios, waiting 
to jump when needed, but things have just been unexpectedly normal.


Perhaps we're behind the game in impact. I'd be curious to hear about
networks that are "ahead of us", and what the impact has been.


I am not a sysadmin of a Network, but a few hours in advance.

The bad news: I can ask you how many cases in Oklahoma?

The good news: there is news about medication.


By "ahead of us", I'm hoping to glean some operational experience from
European, or networks in larger cities with a more impactful lock
down.

We seem to be going down the same lines of lock downs, and shelf clean
outs, just a few days/weeks behind what I've been seeing in the news.

I get nervous anytime I hear a school administrator or public official
blast out "or binge-watch your favorite shows on Netflix, and of course,
wash your hands a lot!"

Fortunately the health impact has been minimal here.

--
Dan White
Network Admin Lead

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Alexandre Petrescu]

Le 17/03/2020 à 19:17, Dan White a écrit :

Things have been eerily quiet where we are (Oklahoma). We're an eyeball
network and have had no noticeable changes in bandwidth usage that 
couldn't

be explained by statistical noise.

We keep game planning more and more contingency scenarios, waiting to 
jump

when needed, but things have just been unexpectedly normal.

Perhaps we're behind the game in impact. I'd be curious to hear about
networks that are "ahead of us", and what the impact has been.


I am not a sysadmin of a Network, but a few hours in advance.

The bad news: I can ask you how many cases in Oklahoma?

The good news: there is news about medication.

Alex



On 03/15/20 02:30 +, John van Oppen wrote:
We are seeing the peak spread out…   we carry mostly pacific 
northwest residential networks…  we are also seeing new, slightly 
higher evening peaks.


From: NANOG  On Behalf Of Rishi Singh
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:25 AM
To: Jared Mauch 
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet 
customers due to coronavirus


Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT/ Comcast) 
has seen any graphs of network traffic over time and could share 
details (redacted of course due to the sensitivity). Would love to 
hear if/how capacity is constrained with more people working form home.


On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 PM Jared Mauch 
mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net>> wrote:
I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic 
is usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were 
telling me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how 
the VPN struggled to work.


To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.

Sent from my iCar

On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan 
mailto:s...@donelan.com>> wrote:



The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect 
other ISPs to quickly follow.


https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis 



AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending 
all broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a 
bid to slow the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a 
coalition of Senators are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Dan White]

Things have been eerily quiet where we are (Oklahoma). We're an eyeball
network and have had no noticeable changes in bandwidth usage that couldn't
be explained by statistical noise.

We keep game planning more and more contingency scenarios, waiting to jump
when needed, but things have just been unexpectedly normal.

Perhaps we're behind the game in impact. I'd be curious to hear about
networks that are "ahead of us", and what the impact has been.

On 03/15/20 02:30 +, John van Oppen wrote:

We are seeing the peak spread out…   we carry mostly pacific northwest 
residential networks…  we are also seeing new, slightly higher evening peaks.

From: NANOG  On Behalf Of Rishi Singh
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:25 AM
To: Jared Mauch 
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers 
due to coronavirus

Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT/ Comcast) has seen any 
graphs of network traffic over time and could share details (redacted of course due 
to the sensitivity). Would love to hear if/how capacity is constrained with more 
people working form home.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 PM Jared Mauch 
mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net>> wrote:
I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is usually 
different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me about the 
mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled to work.

To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.

Sent from my iCar


On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan 
mailto:s...@donelan.com>> wrote:


The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other ISPs to 
quickly follow.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis

AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all broadband 
usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow the rate of 
COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators are now pressuring 
other ISPs to follow suit.


--
Dan White
Network Admin Lead

RE: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[John van Oppen]

We are seeing the peak spread out…   we carry mostly pacific northwest 
residential networks…  we are also seeing new, slightly higher evening peaks.

From: NANOG  On Behalf Of Rishi Singh
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:25 AM
To: Jared Mauch 
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers 
due to coronavirus

Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT/ Comcast) has seen any 
graphs of network traffic over time and could share details (redacted of course 
due to the sensitivity). Would love to hear if/how capacity is constrained with 
more people working form home.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 PM Jared Mauch 
mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net>> wrote:
I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is usually 
different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me about the 
mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled to work.

To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.

Sent from my iCar

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan 
> mailto:s...@donelan.com>> wrote:
>
> 
> The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other ISPs 
> to quickly follow.
>
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
>
> AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all 
> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow 
> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators 
> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Rishi Singh]

Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT/ Comcast) has seen
any graphs of network traffic over time and could share details (redacted
of course due to the sensitivity). Would love to hear if/how capacity is
constrained with more people working form home.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 PM Jared Mauch  wrote:

> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is
> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling
> me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN
> struggled to work.
>
> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.
>
> Sent from my iCar
>
> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other
> ISPs to quickly follow.
> >
> >
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
> >
> > AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all
> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow
> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators
> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.
>

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Owen DeLong]

Does that mean Comcast is going to drop my $30/month surcharge for actual 
unlimited?

Owen


> On Mar 13, 2020, at 14:23 , lobna gouda  wrote:
> 
> Hey Networkers,
> 
> Seems other companies will imitate ATT, comcast is giving it free and with 
> the national emergencies universities will work online...etc. Yet this is not 
> US scope, it is worldwide. There is  blog from cloudfare seems interesting 
> about the internet traffic.
> 
> Does other have graph seeing traffic difference?
> 
> https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/
>  
> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
> 
> Brgds,
> 
> LG
>  
> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
> 
> COVID-19 impacts on Internet traffic: Seattle, Northern Italy and South Korea 
> <https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
> The last few weeks have seen unprecedented changes in how people live and 
> work around the world. Over time more and more companies have given their 
> employees the right to work from home, restricted business travel and, in 
> some cases, outright sent their entire workforce home.
> blog.cloudflare.com <http://blog.cloudflare.com/>
> 
> From: NANOG  on behalf of Jared Mauch 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:34 PM
> To: Sean Donelan 
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org 
> Subject: Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet 
> customers due to coronavirus
>  
> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is 
> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me 
> about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled 
> to work. 
> 
> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there. 
> 
> Sent from my iCar
> 
> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other 
> > ISPs to quickly follow.
> > 
> > https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
> >  
> > <https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis>
> > 
> > AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all 
> > broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow 
> > the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators 
> > are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[lobna gouda]

Hey Networkers,

Seems other companies will imitate ATT, comcast is giving it free and with the 
national emergencies universities will work online...etc. Yet this is not US 
scope, it is worldwide. There is  blog from cloudfare seems interesting about 
the internet traffic.

Does other have graph seeing traffic difference?

https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/

Brgds,

LG
[https://blog-cloudflare-com-assets.storage.googleapis.com/2020/03/facebook-linked_image___italy-january-c...@3x.png]<https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
COVID-19 impacts on Internet traffic: Seattle, Northern Italy and South 
Korea<https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-traffic-seattle-italy-and-south-korea/>
The last few weeks have seen unprecedented changes in how people live and work 
around the world. Over time more and more companies have given their employees 
the right to work from home, restricted business travel and, in some cases, 
outright sent their entire workforce home.
blog.cloudflare.com



From: NANOG  on behalf of Jared Mauch 

Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:34 PM
To: Sean Donelan 
Cc: nanog@nanog.org 
Subject: Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers 
due to coronavirus

I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is usually 
different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me about the 
mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled to work.

To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.

Sent from my iCar

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
>
> 
> The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other ISPs 
> to quickly follow.
>
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
>
> AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all 
> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow 
> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators 
> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Steve Meuse]

But why do they peak in the late evening? 'cause that's when folks are
home.

If you now have a houseful of work-from-home and school-from-home people,
we could, potentially, see the curve change, especially if folks are
working and watching netflix/youtube,  etc.

I suspect rather than the peak dropping at all, the peak will stretch over
a longer time period.

-Steve





On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:50 PM Tom Paseka via NANOG 
wrote:

> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late
> evening. They have loads of capacity during the day.
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM Jared Mauch  wrote:
>
>> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is
>> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling
>> me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN
>> struggled to work.
>>
>> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.
>>
>> Sent from my iCar
>>
>> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other
>> ISPs to quickly follow.
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
>> >
>> > AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all
>> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow
>> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators
>> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.
>>
>

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Jeff Shultz]

But it's so much fun to market that we don't have caps - and our cable
competitor does. Expensive ones, too.

Never stop your enemy when they are making a mistake.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 5:04 PM Clayton Zekelman  wrote:
>
> No they didn't do the right thing.   The right
> thing would have been to eliminate the caps a decade ago.
>

-- 
Jeff Shultz

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Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Ben Cannon]

Effing. This.

-Ben

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 11:16 PM, Mark Tinka  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13/Mar/20 02:02, Clayton Zekelman wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> No they didn't do the right thing.   The right thing would have been
>> to eliminate the caps a decade ago.
> 
> Don't get me started on this :-).
> 
> Mark.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Mark Tinka]

On 13/Mar/20 04:00, Jared Mauch wrote:

> Yes, this is what I’m concerned about.  Most of the content/cloud people have 
> built networks around the capacity needed to get bits into the networks and 
> often aggressively peer.
>
> The corporate office that is behind one incumbent that now has a global set 
> of people doing VPN activities at 10x the prior capacity of a week ago may 
> have a harder time fitting.

What we've done, over the years, is build OpenVPN servers both in the
office as well as the local data centre within the same city. This way,
staff have the option of connecting to either one, whether for reasons
of balancing load, managing office outages, accounting for maintenance,
e.t.c.

I generally connect to the one in the data centre, because then I'm
avoiding our local Metro-E network to get to the office one :-). But
some times, one of them won't be available, so having the option for a
2nd local one is always good.

Mark.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Mark Tinka]

On 13/Mar/20 02:02, Clayton Zekelman wrote:

>
>
> No they didn't do the right thing.   The right thing would have been
> to eliminate the caps a decade ago.

Don't get me started on this :-).

Mark.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Jared Mauch]

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:55 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:
>> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
>> They have loads of capacity during the day.
> 
> Do they have capacity to the right places?
> 
> The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs on 
> the edge of the network.
> 
> Work From Home seems to be VPNs going between residential to business ISPs 
> interconnections and lots of videoconferencing services (zoom, webex, etc).

Yes, this is what I’m concerned about.  Most of the content/cloud people have 
built networks around the capacity needed to get bits into the networks and 
often aggressively peer.

The corporate office that is behind one incumbent that now has a global set of 
people doing VPN activities at 10x the prior capacity of a week ago may have a 
harder time fitting.

I expect there will be areas which see a higher base load that contributes to 
seeing the peaks earlier.

- Jared

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Clayton Zekelman]

No they didn't do the right thing.   The right 
thing would have been to eliminate the caps a decade ago.



At 07:09 PM 12/03/2020, Sabri Berisha wrote:

- On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Sean Donelan s...@donelan.com wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:

Hi,

>> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are 
usually at peak in the late evening.

>> They have loads of capacity during the day.
>
> Do they have capacity to the right places?
>
> The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs
> on the edge of the network.

Perhaps MPAA can follow AT lead and suspend 
copyright enforcement so people can torrent some entertainment? :)


I will say that as much as AT can be disliked 
by some groups, they did the right thing and are giving a great example.


Thanks,

Sabri


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N8W 1H4

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Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Sabri Berisha]

- On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Sean Donelan s...@donelan.com wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:

Hi,

>> I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
>> They have loads of capacity during the day.
> 
> Do they have capacity to the right places?
> 
> The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs
> on the edge of the network.

Perhaps MPAA can follow AT lead and suspend copyright enforcement so people 
can torrent some entertainment? :)

I will say that as much as AT can be disliked by some groups, they did the 
right thing and are giving a great example.

Thanks,

Sabri

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Lyle Giese]

Comcast announced the same and also lowering or eliminating fees for low 
income homes in the short term.


Lyle Giese

LCR Computer Services, Inc.


On 2020-03-12 17:34, Jared Mauch wrote:

I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is usually 
different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me about the 
mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled to work.

To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.

Sent from my iCar


On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:


The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other ISPs to 
quickly follow.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis

AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all broadband 
usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow the rate of 
COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators are now pressuring 
other ISPs to follow suit.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Tom Paseka wrote:

I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
They have loads of capacity during the day.


Do they have capacity to the right places?

The evening traffic peak is usually streaming entertainment bits from CDNs 
on the edge of the network.


Work From Home seems to be VPNs going between residential to business 
ISPs interconnections and lots of videoconferencing services (zoom, webex, 
etc).



I'm not an insider anymore, so I don't see what ISP capacity planners see 
on their dashboards.

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Tom Paseka via NANOG]

I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late evening.
They have loads of capacity during the day.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM Jared Mauch  wrote:

> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is
> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling
> me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN
> struggled to work.
>
> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there.
>
> Sent from my iCar
>
> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other
> ISPs to quickly follow.
> >
> >
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
> >
> > AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all
> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow
> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators
> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.
>

Re: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Jared Mauch]

I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is usually 
different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling me about the 
mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN struggled to work. 

To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there. 

Sent from my iCar

> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan  wrote:
> 
> 
> The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other ISPs 
> to quickly follow.
> 
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis
> 
> AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all 
> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow 
> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators 
> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.

AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

[Sean Donelan]

The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus.  I expect other 
ISPs to quickly follow.


https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis

AT is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all 
broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow 
the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of 
Senators are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit.