What is Bandwidth?
Bandwidth is used when digital content is viewed from a link you posted on another website or sent in an email (e.g., MySpace, eBay, message boards, etc.). Bandwidth is a measure of the number of bytes passed over time via direct linking. It is calculated by adding up the size of each of your images or videos as they are sent from Photobucket. The “Monthly Bandwidth" number is the amount of bandwidth you have used within the last month. The month is determined by the day of the month you registered your account. Example: You have various images of 25K each in size that are viewed by 100 users on your favorite message board in one day. 25K * 100 requests = 2500K (or 2.5MB) of bandwidth used in one day. Important! Do not to confuse bandwidth with your album size.
Bandwidth usage is unmetered for Pro accounts, however Photobucket reserves the right to disable direct linking on accounts that use excessive bandwidth or are otherwise abusing the system. To check your current usage, log into your account, click the account options link, and then review your Monthly Bandwidth in the Account Dashboard to the right. Free accounts are allowed 25 GB of bandwidth per month, and Pro accounts are unmetered. 25GB is hundreds of thousands of images viewed via direct links, and the value resets each month on the anniversary of the day you registered.
How often does my bandwidth usage reset?
Bandwidth resets each month on the anniversary of the day you originally registered.
Example: You registered on the 5th of June, and your bandwidth will reset on the 5th of each month thereafter.
You can view your original registration day, as well as your current bandwidth usage, in the Account Options page. Click the account options link then review the Member Since and Monthly Bandwidth fields in the Account Dashboard section of your Account Options page. 作者: 油林林 時間: 2009-2-4 19:34
