The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition Internet traffic in Canada is expected to more than triple between 2014 and 2019. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes several broad trends have expanded Internet traffic over the past 20 years, says Don Bowman, chief technology officer at Sandvine, outlining the shifts from when customers first signed up for AOL accounts after receiving a CD-ROM in the mail to now, when many homes have multiple WiFi-connected laptops, TVs, smart phones and even fridges. Rogers, for example, sees an average of seven connected devices behind each of its cable modems, says Mr. Goodman, adding that 30 per cent of the company's customers have more than 10 connected devices. To date, telcos have remained competitive by bundling their broadband service with popular Internet protocol television (IPTV) offerings, says Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang. He predicts that advancements in cable firms' own TV platforms will only increase the pressure on telephone operators to deploy fibre-to-the-home. Within the past two weeks, Telus and BCE have both highlighted plans to direct $1-billion of their capital expenditures budgets toward fibre optic builds in Edmonton and Toronto.