Super Bowl a Record WiFi Day for Comcast Biz

At Super Bowl 50, 71,000+ fans inside Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, had a record-breaking day for sharing, posting, tweeting and ...
Feb. 10, 2016
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At Super Bowl 50, 71,000+ fans inside Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, had a record-breaking day for sharing, posting, tweeting and streaming over the free in-stadium WiFi. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Business, which provides dual 10 Gbps Ethernet connections serving as the stadium's primary network infrastructure, said that a record more than 10 TB of data were uploaded and downloaded on the network within the stadium during the day.

The 10 moments that generated the most data traffic at the stadium included:

  • The introduction of the 50 Super Bowl MVPs
  • Lady Gaga singing the National Anthem and the Blue Angels flyover
  • The opening kickoff
  • The first coach's challenge
  • Von Miller's forced fumble and the first touchdown of the game by Malik Jackson
  • The halftime show with Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars
  • Von Miller's second forced fumble and C.J. Anderson's game-sealing touchdown
  • Peyton Manning exiting the field and Gary Kubiak's Gatorade shower
  • The Lombardi Trophy presentation
  • Using apps to get back home and to hotels

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