Bandwidth Usage

Bandwidth usage refers to the capacity of a computer network to transfer data between devices or over the internet in a specific amount of time. The maximum rate of data transfer across any given path is called as bandwidth.

Data is transferred slowly when too many people are using too much data on a single network. This is why often public internet connections are slow. However, bandwidth is not synonymous with or a measure of internet speed.  Faster data transfer are allowed when networks with wider bandwidths are used and this also connect more devices at once. The speed of internet connection is high for this type of network and it is known as broadband.

Symmetric bandwidth and Asymmetric bandwidth are two main types of bandwidth that support faster or slower data transfer rates in both directions. The type of bandwidth that should be used depends on factors such as file transfer needs, cost, and whether the network is private or public. 

The capacity to upload and download data is the same in symmetric bandwidth. It is used when the data and file transfer rate is of the same volume and speed between two places in both directions. Upstream data transfer or download speed is lower than the downstream data transfer or upload speed in case of asymmetric bandwidth. It is used when the data transfer rate is not the same in both directions