May 7, 2002

Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a term used to describe how much information your computer (usually via modem) can receive in a predetermined amount of time (per second). The most common measure is Bps (bits per second). You will also see Kbps and Mbps that stand for Kilo (thousand) bits per second, and Mega (Million) bits per second.

The larger the bps number, the more information you can receive per second, therefore, the higher the bandwidth. This does NOT mean that you will always get faster download time. Download time also depends upon how fast the computer on the other end is sending information.