Traffic management - What is broadband usage?

Broadband usage is the amount of data you upload and download from the Internet. In the early days of the Internet, the Internet was mainly used to send emails and browse websites. Such activities did not consume high levels of data and hence broadband usage was low. However, with the advances in technology, what we do on the Internet has now changed. Internet usage pattern has changed along the years and nowadays we are using the Internet to stream live TV content and movies, to download files, for online gaming, to stream, etc. Such activities consume a considerably high amount of data when compared to other so called traditional activities such as sending emails and browsing websites. This means that the overall broadband usage has increased.