Cox releases CES traffic stats

Cox Communications, which provides the wired and wireless infrastructure for the Las Vegas Convention Center via its Cox Business/Hospitality Network division, says the International CES 2018 earlier this month generated almost 40 terabytes (TB) of Internet traffic, with about 8.7 TB on WiFi. At CES 2017, more than 6.4 TB of data crossed the LVCC WiFi network via 200,000 connected devices. CES attendance this year was more than 170,000.

Compared to 2017, this year's network statistics include:

• 43.5% increase in devices
• 35.3% increase in WiFi traffic
• 11.8% increase in total Internet traffic
• 25.5% increase in peak downstream speed
• 45.6% increase in peak upstream speed

Further details are in the infographic below.