Unlimited Bandwidth vs Unmetered Bandwidth: Comparisons, Benefits and Dangers

Posted by RoseHosting on Feb 2, 2025 3:39 AM EDT
Rose Hosting Blog; By Nik Pasic
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What is the difference between unmetered and unlimited bandwidth? Can you even get unlimited bandwidth, and if not, why do hosting providers advertise it as unlimited? This is a confusing topic for many people, and frequently, deliberately so.

Bandwidth describes the volume of data transferred from a server to a visitor’s device, such as a phone. We usually measure bandwidth in megabits per second (Mbps) or gigabits per second (Gbps). When a website has adequate bandwidth, pages load swiftly, and the site can manage increased traffic gracefully. This helps sidestep issues like site crashes or charges for exceeding allocated data transfer limits depending on the hosting provider.

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