Zoom's Thanksgiving Ceiling Lift Led to 45% Spike in Broadband Use: OpenVault

A 45% spike in Thanksgiving Day broadband consumption tracked with holiday suspension of Zoom conferencing limits, emailed OpenVault Monday. Zoom lifted the 40-minute limit on free Zoom accounts for all meetings for an 18-hour period “so your family gatherings don’t get cut short.” Average broadband consumption per subscriber was 15.59 GB on Thanksgiving vs. 10.77 GB in 2019. The usage was 9.7% above that on the previous Thursday, it said.