Can anyone tell me the difference? Detailed information would be welcome.

Bandwidth is a encompasing term, I think you are more looking for the differenace between when a host says "700 GB" bandwidth and "10 mbps" bandwidth.

When a host says 10 mbps it means that you are on a 10 mbps line. As opposed when a host says 700 GB , it means you have a total of 700 GB data transfer. It does not mention the line speed though commonly you will be on a 10 mbps or a 100 mbps line. Hope this helps.

Is there a limit on how much transfer goes through the 10mbps line?

If they say it is a 10 mbps line, and do not give you a GB limit, chances are there is no limit provided the line does not exceed 10 mbps(normally capped at that). But to be sure contact the provider you are questioning and ask them directly.

Generally, with 10MBPS, you can push a maximum of 10MBPS constently, but never higher. Therefore, if you use ALL of your bandwidth, you would get roughly 3250GB of bandwidth, or 3.2TB!

More like 3000GB, not including overheads and other factors.

Oh well, I was close. :P

I don't think at that number that 200 or so GB will make much of a difference. ;)

Yeah, it does get to a point where it doesn't make so much difference, but it all adds up :)

Well, if the line is capped at 10mbps, you'll never see anywhere close to the famous "3.2TB". Maybe 75-80% of that or so on a good day, if you have an optimal traffic loadshape. I've seen higher, but that'd be an exception. This is just another extension of the 1mbps=320GB/month myth.

If you disagree, just post your bandwidth graphs. :)

Keep in mind, the argument is 3.2TB unidirectional throughput on a 10mbps port. Don't show me 3000GB cumulative incoming and outgoing. If you include bidirectional traffic, then it'd need to be closer to 6.4TB total to hold your argument.

Brandon

bandwidth is a measurement of maximum throughput per second eg. 1mb/s means you *can* put 1 megabit per second down the wire

bandwidth is measured in bps (bits per second)

when a host claims 700Gb bandwidth they're lieing , what they really are offering is TRANSFER with a limit of 700Gb /month - they are *not* offering you 700Gb/s which woudl be a *huge* amount of bandwidth.

transfer is the emasurement of actual data over a predefined period - usually 30 days or a calendar month.

dedicated servers and shared hosting plans usually come with "transfer" allowances
colo/racks usually come with bandwidth

most people who have enormous transfer allowances dont come anywhere near them - it's often a sales gimmick "100000Bg/month of transfer" whereas we see that the majority of colo customers, who want 2Mb/s actually *USE* 2Mb/s

Originally posted by DanX
Generally, with 10MBPS, you can push a maximum of 10MBPS constently, but never higher. Therefore, if you use ALL of your bandwidth, you would get roughly 3250GB of bandwidth, or 3.2TB!


You're quite wrong there, 10mbps would equal approx. 3200GB per month not 10MBPS.