Whanganui has had a steady increase in fibre usage in the second Covid-19 alert level 2 period versus the first alert level 2 a few months ago.
Data from Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) shows fibre use per Whanganui household has gradually increased since re-entering alert level 2 on August 12.
August 27 data shows individual use was up roughly 10 per cent during the peak time of 7pm to 10pm under the latest level 2 versus the alert level 1 and 2 periods in the weeks prior. At midnight on August 27, video game Fortnite released a new season, leading to an increase in download traffic to 446 gigabits per second, a new record for the UFF network.