Bandwidth refers to the capacity for this data to be accessed by visitors to the web page. Additional monthly bandwidth will be provided for your use.

To guarantee this monthly data transfer is possible and available to your site we guarantee a percentage of a 3 megabit per second or greater port to your site. 1000 kilobits of port speed is needed to transfer 320 GB of traffic over a 30 day period. Or, about 3.2 kilobits of port speed is needed to transfer 1 gigabyte over 30 days. In the real world you need about three times the port speed to realistically transfer the data! Sundays Energy allocates 10 kilobits of port speed per 1 gigabyte of monthly transfer. Other providers offer 3.2kbit per 1gig.

For example, accounts with 10GB of monthly transfer are guaranteed 100 kilobits of speed but still allowed to burst up to 3000 kilobits. Bursting is based on availability. As an average you will see burst speeds of 1000 to 2500kbits per second. For a comparison dialup is 56 kilobits, a T1 is 1500 kbits, while DSL and cable modems can reach download speeds that burst from 1500 to 8000 kilobits (8mbit) per second, but only upload at 400-800 kilobits. Keep in mind that during peak times the guaranteed port speed will be split by all the users of your site and bursting speed is shared by all users on the server or rack.

The more monthly transfer the higher the port speed. The higher the port speed the faster your site will transfer to the browser. For 100% guaranteed speeds of 1000 kilobits per second (burstable to 3000kbit based on availability), your account will need at least 100GB of monthly transfer. 300GB will guarantee speeds of 3,000kbit. This methodology is used up to 1,000GB of monthly transfer and 10,000kbit port speed. Keep in mind that you will need a dedicated server (or two) long before you actually transfer that much data. Please contact us for plan prices above 1TB or port speeds above 10mbits.

If you purchase internet access through Sundays Energy transfers over that internet connection WILL NOT count against your monthly transfer limit.