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VERIZON LOOK FORWARD STUDY REVEALS CHANGES DRIVEN BY COVID-19
Verizon survey reveals Americans have experienced changes in attitude to workplace behavior and use of technology , as the company ’ s CTO tells us the reliability of networks has never been more important .
Verizon has released findings from its Look
Forward survey on how Americans have adapted to life one year into the COVID-19 pandemic , and what they think it will look like a year in the future .
Its study , conducted with Morning Consult , combined with Verizon network data suggests permanent lifestyle changes in the workplace , a comeback for phone calls and a more equal mix of online and in-person shopping as the new norm .
“ The pandemic has forced all of us to face challenges we never considered ,” says Kyle Malady , Chief Technical Officer at Verizon . “ A year into the pandemic , data usage on Verizon networks remains at almost 31 % above pre-pandemic levels , a clear indicator that Internet consumption and the acceleration of technology adoption are major byproducts of this moment .
“ We ’ ve seen the shift to digital jump ahead five to seven years .”
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A year into the pandemic , data usage on Verizon networks remains at almost 31 % above prepandemic levels .
As companies shifted from in-office to work-fromhome , many have invested significant resources into
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