What is bandwidth and how does it work? This is a popular question, as well as a common misunderstanding. Many experts have explained how it works to us over years (your cousin’s friend, your neighbor’s gamer kid, someone’s uncle who has been on the internet since 300 baud modems were utilized.) We’ve been monitoring end-user traffic for almost 15 years and have an excellent grasp of how the internet and, more specifically, how bandwidth works.
When it comes to the internet, there are two ideas that people seem to conflate: bandwidth and data usage (consumption). Bandwidth is a speed measurement, similar to how an automobile works, and when you buy a bandwidth package, you’re buying a speed (bandwidth). I’ll show you how bandwidth is consumed while streaming Netflix using a 50 Mbps download package.