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U.S. Mobile Internet Traffic Nearly Doubled This Year

Posted by Soulskill on from the how's-that-2GB-plan-treating-you dept.

An anonymous reader sends this news from the NY Times Bits Blog: "Two big shifts happened in the American cellphone industry over the past year: Cellular networks got faster, and smartphone screens got bigger. In the United States, consumers used an average of 1.2 gigabytes a month over cellular networks this year, up from 690 megabytes a month in 2012, according to Chetan Sharma, a consultant for wireless carriers, who published a new report on industry trends on Monday. Worldwide, the average consumption was 240 megabytes a month this year, up from 140 megabytes last year, he said."

2 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Immigration by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would be quicker and cheaper to just move to another country.

    Which country, and how would one go about qualifying for a visa?

  2. 64-bit by dwater · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's because people moved to using 64-bit instead of the old 32-bit. Right?

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    Max.