Before you buy bandwidth The amount of data transmitted or received per unit of time. When we refer to acquiring or selling bandwidth, we mean the amount of information that can be sent over a connection at one time, at the allowed speed, without packet loss or excessive delay. Bandwidth is measured in bits-per-second. you should plan your bandwidth needs.
A good way to determine your bandwidth needs is to calculate your data transfer rate The speed at which data is transferred from one port to another. See Kbps, Mbps, and Gbps. requirements. Merkato specifies the rate in Kbps One of the ways of expressing units of bandwidth-kilobits-per-second (1,000 bits-per-second)., Mbps One of the ways of expressing units of bandwidth-Megabits-per-second (1,000,000 bits-per-second)., or Gbps One of the ways of expressing units of bandwidth; Gigabits-per-second (1,000,000,000 bits-per-second).. (See the Units Conversion Chart.)