Bad Bunny’s final residency performance set a record for fixed internet traffic in Puerto Rico, telecommunications providers Claro and Liberty confirmed.

“This past Saturday, September 20, just for Amazon’s streaming event, traffic grew 80% and reached the highest peak in Puerto Rico’s history," confirmed Enrique Ortiz de Montellano, president of Claro, in a social media post he shared with this media outlet.

As context, he noted that after internet traffic shot up 40% in 24 hours when the pandemic shutdown was declared in March 2020, that metric has continued to grow by 30% each year.

In turn, the executive highlighted that, being held right on the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the live broadcast became evidence that the Internet networks in Puerto Rico “are fully restored and resilient.”

Meanwhile, Giovanna Ramirez de Arellano, senior director of communications at Liberty Puerto Rico, reported in writing that the provider’s fixed Internet "reached its highest traffic since the pandemic, with 1.7 terabits per second of data traffic during Bad Bunny’s ‘No me quiero ir de aquí: una más’ concert."

“We are very pleased to have been able to provide a flawless connection for Puerto Rico to come together and enjoy this historic event,” he said.

According to the executive, the milestone was the result of “joint investments with Amazon to have the best infrastructure in Puerto Rico for this type of event.

In turn, he thanked Liberty employees “who collaborated closely with Amazon staff and monitored the service in real time to ensure the best experience for our customers ."

At the time of this publication, T-Mobile has not responded to a request for information on how much traffic the event generated among its Internet customers.

Although it has not shared specific figures, Amazon Music posted on Sunday 21 on its X account (formerly Twitter) that Bad Bunny’s “Una más” stream “was the most-watched single-artist performance on Amazon Music to date, breaking all previous audience records, marking a historic moment for both the streaming service and Latin music."

The concert, which was available for free for an additional 24 hours, was streamed on Amazon Music, Amazon Prime and Twitch. In Puerto Rico, not only was it enjoyed in homes, but multiple businesses and locations held special events to enjoy the broadcast, such as Caribbean Cinemas movie theaters and the T-Mobile District.