Now, bandwidth usage is growing by an estimated 50% a year, especially due to online video and real-time applications, such as games and telephone calls, which require no-jitter connections.

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For the first time, users can view all computers, tablets, phones and other connected devices on the home's network-as well as the applications they are using, and the real-time bandwidth usage of each application and device-on one easy-to-use StreamBoost interface.

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The smart map displays a visual representation of the home network and all of the connected devices to give users valuable information about network connectivity and current bandwidth usage so they can easily resolve any possible connectivity issues and get the most out of their home network.

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Their argument is that the exponential growth in web usage, particularly bandwidth intensive video applications, along with the rise in infrastructure costs, means that their business has become more costly.

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Verizon was able to mock the quality of the ATT experience for its users until it too got the phones and started to limit usage, especially for the bandwidth pigs who were streaming video and playing online games with abandon.

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Apply the relevant laws and you'll have a pretty accurate idea where microprocessor performance, PC usage, display technology, fiber optic bandwidth, wireless PDAs, games, the Web, etc. will be two, three and five years from now.

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Despite falling prices for high-speed bandwidth and wireless service, telecom budgets keep growing because of increased usage and new services such as virtual private networks, voice-mail storage and Web hosting.

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However, as bandwidth becomes more in demand, one of the few ways to regulate its usage is to impose data caps to ensure that as many customers as possible have access to broadband services.

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