Broadband usage surges with average home now consuming 316GB per month

Ireland’s household penetration rate for broadband is above the EU average

Fixed broadband subscriptions increased to 1.5 million, a 0.8% increase for the three months to the end of September.

Broadband usage in Irish homes has surged in the past year according to new figures from communications regulator ComReg.

With large sections of the country's workforce still working from home due to Covid-19 restrictions, the figures show the average broadband subscriber now uses 315.9GB of data each month, an increase of 60.4% compared to the same period in 2019.