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What is Bandwidth

In this article, you will learn what is bandwidth, latency, CAT6 cables, bps, and more.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
January 6, 2023
2 min read
What is Bandwidth

Bandwidth refers to the maximum amount of data that can be transferred over a connection in a given amount of time. It is a network’s communications capacity, which is the volume of information that can be sent over a connection. It can be mistaken with other network-related terms such as speed, latency, and throughput. While the bandwidth determines the amount of information transferred in a given amount of time, the speed determines how fast the information is received or sent.

Latency, also known as delay or ping rate, refers to the amount of time spent to get the information from its source to the receiver. Throughput also refers to the amount of time delivered in a certain amount of time. However, while bandwidth refers to the max amount of data, throughput refers to the actual amount of data that makes it to its destination.

The bandwidth can be affected by various components of your network, such as a router, modem, ethernet cables, isp service, isp infrastructure, signal frequency, and signal strength. Users can easily check their network bandwidth by visiting a third-party website providing speed test services. To get the most accurate result, the device should be connected to the router via ethernet cable.

CAT6 cables can handle speeds of up to 1000 Mbps. Users should also stop any application using the internet to avoid bandwidth consumption which can affect the result. It is more complicated with mobile devices, because of possible instabilities and signal strength drops in WiFi. To be able to get the most accurate result. the mobile device should be placed as close as possible to the WiFi source.

Bandwidth is mostly expressed in bps, short for bits per second. For example, 100 Mbps means that the connection can transfer 100 million bits every second. Since the ideal bandwidth depends on the users’ needs, it is difficult to answer the “What is a good bandwidth?” question. That’s why internet service providers offer different plans. However, 50 Mbps bandwidth allows end-users to do most of the things a typical user needs, including playing video games, streaming video, making video conferences, and watching 4K videos online. However, higher bandwidths allow users to download or upload data faster.

On the other hand, organizations can need much higher bandwidths depending on the services they provide. It is also very important for organizations to assess the bandwidth they will need to make investments. Thus, fiber infrastructure is very important for both end-users and organizations.

In electronics, bandwidth refers to the difference between the upper and lower frequencies in a continuous band of frequencies. It is measured in hertz and may refer to passband bandwidth and baseband bandwidth.

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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