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Cellular network traffic up 10-20%; carriers tell FCC networks are holding

April 3, 2020

In a call this week, wireless and wireline providers told Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai that fixed network traffic is up between 20-35% across their networks, while cellular network traffic is up between 10-20%. With social distancing encouraged and schools and workplaces across the country shifting their functions online during the ongoing pandemic, increased demand is showing up suburban, exurban and residential areas during daytime hours, rather than the typical ebb and flow over the course of the day as people move into bustling city centers and then return home.

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