What is Bandwidth and Data Transfer?
Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be transferred to and from your website each month. This data includes html files, graphics, audio/video, e-mail messages, and any other files that are a part of your website. Example 1: A 2 MB file uploaded and downloaded would use a total of 4 MB of data transfer. Example 2: 100 page views of a website averaging 10 KB per page would use around 1 MB of data transfer. Each of our packages has a specific bandwidth transfer limit. If you need more bandwidth, simply upgrade to the next largest package.
While similar, bandwidth and data transfer are actually two different things. The term bandwidth denotes the amount of data that can be moved at one time from a web server out onto a network and across the Internet. You can think of bandwidth as the diameter of a water pipe. The bigger the diameter of the pipe, the more water you can move, even if the water is moving at the same speed. Data transfer (AKA bandwidth usage) refers to the amount of data/information sent to or received from your hosting account on the server over a specified period of time. In most cases, data transfer is measured monthly, although it can be measured daily in high volume situations. Looking back to the analogy we used before, data transfer would be the measure of how much water has actually flowed through our pipe over a given period of time. [Back to top] • Whats your TAT for site maintenance? Once the project has been completed, you own it 100% and thus, youre welcome to do anything you want to. If on the
