As the Toronto Blue Jays continue their World Series run, Canadian internet data use has hit record highs, said Rogers this week.

Rogers says its customers streamed and surfed through 145,000 terabytes of data during Games 1 to 3—a figure the company compared to watching a three-minute grand slam video 1.28 billion times.

During Game 3, which went a crazy 18 innings, usage reached 65,000 TB on Rogers’ wireline network alone. Fans at Rogers Centre also set a new in-stadium record, using 6.8 TB of mobile data during Game 1.

Rogers’ Chief Technology Officer, Mark Kennedy, said Canadians are “cheering on the Blue Jays” and credited the company’s network for powering the viewing experience.

The company touted it has spent about $70 billion upgrading its networks over the past two decades, p

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