Networking - Measure
Bandwidth
The amount of data a connection can carry in a given time
What's it for?
Shows how much information a connection can carry before it starts becoming a bottleneck.
For example…
Video calls stutter when everyone joins the all-hands because the office internet bandwidth is saturated
A branch office upgrades its internet bandwidth because video calls and cloud file sync become unusable when everyone is online
Think of it like…
The number of lanes on a road: more lanes let more traffic through at once, but don’t make each car travel faster