We told you last week that we’d update you on SuperBowl data traffic when we had more numbers. The final numbers show that there was almost as much action off the field as on.
Ver​izon customers used 4.1 terabytes of data during the Super Bowl — 93% of that on the carrier’s LTE network. Overall network traffic seems to have spiked the most during halftime — that’s based on Verizon’s numbers. The carrier says network traffic shot up 60% during halfime — it only increased 33% during the amazing fourth quarter of that game.
AT&T customers used 1.7 terabytes just within the area of the game — that number comes AT&T’s distributed antenna systems inside and outside the stadium. To put that number in context, AT&T says it equates to 4.8 million social media posts, with photos. These DAS systems got the most traffic during the hour leading up to the game.
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