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What is bandwidth?

What bandwidth means in hosting and why it should not be considered in isolation from the rest of your service.

Bandwidth is a way of describing the volume of data that your web service can move between the server and your visitors.

Short answer

Bandwidth refers to the volume of data that your web service can move between the server and visitors to your site. In hosting, before taking action it is worth identifying whether the issue is related to configuration, content, performance, or your application.

When this typically comes up

Questions about bandwidth in hosting and why it should not be viewed in isolation from the rest of your service. Many hosting questions arise after a migration, an update, a DNS change, or a modification to the website.

What to check first

Confirm the exact error, the last change made, and whether the issue affects the entire website or just a specific section.

Recommended next step

Do an orderly review and, if you are going to touch files, plugins, or the database, make a backup first before proceeding.

What else to check

- Make a backup before touching plugins, files, or the database.
- Confirm whether the issue affects the whole website or just part of it.
- Review the exact error or the last change made.

If you need help with bandwidth

If your specific case does not match this article exactly, contact us from your client area or at ayuda@Bacan.com and we will review the next most useful step with you.