Average Broadband Usage?

[barry1010]

Anyone know the average broadband for a household is? Our usage is 107 GB a month plus mobile broadband. Just curious

[bhg481]

Usage will, of course, vary widely depending on whether you watch videos/use catch-up TV or just do a bit of shopping/emailing etc. Our usage last month was 69GB which included a bit of catch-up TV, no movies or gaming and just general browsing.

[-SharonA-]

How do you find out this?

[bhg481]

Sharon - I'm with TalkTalk and, if you log in to your account, you can get information on your daily/monthly usage etc. I don't know what other ISPs provide.

[THECORBYLOON]

In 2019, Ofcom reported,

"And people are using more data. The volume of data used on fixed and mobile connections both grew by around a quarter, with 240GB being used on average each month per fixed broadband connection and 2.9GB in an average month being used on each mobile data connection."

[gingejbee]

When our broadband was capped (several years ago), I used to keep a careful eye on usage (from your account page with your service provider, Sharon). But since it was upgraded to uncapped at no extra charge, I haven't bothered.

[bhg481]

We're uncapped, so I don't usually bother to look. I just came across the information accidentally a few weeks ago when trying to find how to report a telephone fault.

[barry1010]

My broadband provider emails me every month with that sort of information - to tell me what a bargain and great service I get :)

Seems our house is lightweight, then

[gingejbee]

Fortunately (and coincidentally) our upgrade (from John Lewis Phone and Broadband) came just a few days after purchase of our first smart TV...otherwise using catch-up and Amazon Video etc. would have been VERY expensive!

[riptide]

Think mine is about 240, I watch catchup all the time and utube which eats it up. Luckily unlimited broadband usage with BT.

[barry1010]

Surely nobody has capped home broadband these days

[New Judge]

//Surely nobody has capped home broadband these days//

I do. And I'm paying for far more than I use. I have 30 Gigawosnames allowance per month. Most months I'm lucky to use five. My mobile phone shows my usage (2 Gigawosnames per month allowance) in the form of a pie chart. Most months I don't even register a large enough slice of the pie for it to be visible.

[Old_Geezer]

Surely you must use >30G on AB alone !