Bandwidth Explained: How Much Do You Need?

What is Bandwidth?

Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred between your server and visitors each month.

Calculating Bandwidth

Formula

Average page size x number of pageviews x number of visitors = monthly bandwidth usage

Example

2 MB page x 5 pages x 1,000 visitors = 10 GB per month

What Uses Bandwidth?

Images, videos, downloads, and every visitor who loads your website.

Saving Bandwidth

Optimizing Images

Compress images to reduce file size.

Caching

Cached pages use less bandwidth.

CDN

A CDN takes bandwidth usage off your server.

Unlimited Bandwidth

At HQinternet we offer unlimited data traffic on all our plans.