Event Bandwidth Calculator

Technology can be confusing. This has led it to being an often under-strategized element of event planning. To better understand some of event technology, let’s start with the basics of bandwidth. Bandwidth is the speed at which your data travels to and from the Internet. To understand bandwidth, it can be helpful to visualize data as water flowing through a tube.

A larger tube means that a greater amount of data can flow through it per second. There are a number of factors that can affect the size of that bandwidth tube. If the tube gets too constricted, you experience slow Internet. Many factors contribute to that constriction. If there are more people, more devices, or devices utilizing bandwidth-intensive features like streaming, video calling, or downloading, the bandwidth tube must be larger to avoid frustrating bottlenecks.

When referring to Internet connection speed (or bandwidth), we’re actually referring to two metrics: download speed and upload speed.

Event bandwidth speeds are usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps), commonly called “Megs.” Internet speeds are typically listed as download x upload. So 10x10 Mbps means 10 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.