Thursday, July 2, 2009

How Much Data Do People Really Use?

At least some people do worry about usage caps, whether for fixed broadband or mobile. Some data from iPass concerning Wi-Fi usage might help shed some light on the matter (click on the image for a bigger view of the chart).

The data show that a typical user consumes less than 211 megabytes a month. Experienced users use less: about 201 Mbytes a month.

Those stats are from the second quarter of 2008, and the iPass data shows moderate per-user growth since early 2007, but nothing exponential.

Mobile broadband as it pertains to smart phones will show a different pattern, in all likelihood. But the point is that the typical user does not consume as much data as one might think.

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