Internet usage on Boxing day is expected to spike by 70 per cent across Australia, making it the busiest day for the National Broadband Network.
That estimation does not include people who will be accessing the internet on mobile devices this December 26th.
The average household consumed 11.8GB on Boxing day last year – up 69 per cent on the daily average of 6.98GB per household during 2018.
Just watching a movie uses up to three GB per hour and that’s depending on the quality of the image.
Queensland residents were deemed the hungriest consumers this year, consuming 26,807 GB in June alone, according to the NBN.
“Based on previous trends and coupled with smart tech becoming the new norm, we anticipate there will be more data consumed this Christmas than ever before,” NBN chief technology officer Ray Owen said.
The most popular use of the internet was real-time video streaming, with web browsing coming in a close second.
Peak-time on the NBN access network is between 7pm and 11pm, the company said, with Wednesdays and Sundays being the busiest days on the network.
The reasons NBN finds behind this surge on data use are the tendency to browsing and streaming activities in families get-togethers, as well as the increasing amount of household devices connected to the internet.
“There is a clear growing interest among Australians in making their homes smarter with the average number of connected devices rising from 18 this year to 21 next year,” Telsyte managing director Foad Fadaghi said.
Data gathered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2017 showed the mean number of devices used to access the internet at home was 6.2.
The impact of new devices given as Christmas gifts connecting to the network for the first time in Boxing Day and downloading relevant software is believed to play a crucial role too.
NBN expects the number of internet-connected devices to increase by 14 per cent in 2020.
This would mean a total growth in the number of connected devices from 186 million to 212 million in 2020, according to NBN.
This growth would confirm the Australian Digital Inclusion Index figures, which claimed Aussies are spending more time online and connecting, although more than 2.5 million are still not online.
The 2019 index also pointed out at the uptake of NBN fixed broadband services as a key factor underpinning the nationwide improvement in access.
Rural Australians had a proportionately greater uptake of NBN fixed broadband services than their city counterparts.
NBN Co has provided the following advice to help Australians manage the extra load this festive season
- Avoid hiding your Wi-Fi router/modem behind a pillar, or placing it near interfering objects such as televisions, hot water systems and ovens.
- Love gaming? Then purchase a gaming router that can handle the pace. Need strong Wi-Fi across the house? Then a wireless mesh router could be best for you.
- Check your speed plan. To have yourself a speedy little Christmas, catch up with your retailer about your internet habits, and ask if your current speed plan over the nbn™ access network is fitting for your needs.
-with AAP
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