By Alesha Capone
Williams Landing households used the most broadband data in the nation last year, according to new figures from Telstra.
The telco released a report earlier this month, revealing the top 10 “data hungry” Australian towns and suburbs connected to its fixed-line networks during 2020.
Across the 12 months, Williams Landing households downloaded an average of 567.70 gigabytes each.
Edmondson Park in New South Wales placed second on the national “data hungry” list (using an average of 546.79 gigabytes per household), followed by Shortland which is also NSW (541.68 gigabytes), Huntfield Heights in South Australia (524.30 gigabytes) and Oakleigh South in Melbourne’s south-east (519.09 gigbytes).
Wyndham Vale ranked sixth on the list, with households downloading an average of 515.37 gigabytes across the year.
A statement from Telstra said that the number of people working from home, as well as streaming and gaming, put a lot of pressure on the NBN network last year.
Daytime peak traffic went up by as much as 70 per cent compared to the start of March, when the first Victorian pandemic lockdown began, while upload traffic went up by more than 100 per cent during the day.
The most data-intensive days of last year coincided with major video game events, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/Warzone Season 5 being released on August 5 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare/Warzone and Fortnite updates being released on August 15.
