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Edinburgh is Britain’s biggest bandwidth user

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From the kids watching Disney+ to DIY tutorials on YouTube, the UK’s broadband network has been under immense pressure during lockdown, but which city is the UK’s biggest bandwidth user based on how often they search for top online streaming services? Edinburgh topped the list, making the most searches for Facetime, which uses up 0.18GB bandwidth data per hour. Followed by Brighton, who’s love of BBC iPlayer could use 0.7GB per hour. Britain’s Biggest Bandwidth Users Revealed
  1. Edinburgh (Facetime, Hulu, All4, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video)
  2. Brighton (Zoom, BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Soundcloud)
  3. Liverpool (My5, Apple Music)
  4. Portsmouth (Disney+)
  5. Stoke-on-Trent (Twitch)
Read the full story https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/broadband-issues/

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