What Is Bandwidth?
Everyday Examples
Types of Bandwidth
Units of Conversion
100

The maximum amount of data that can be transmitted over a network connection.

What is bandwidth?

100

Watching Netflix, gaming, and downloading at once with no lag means you have this.

What is high bandwidth?

100

This type was used for phone lines and dial-up.

What is voiceband?

100

Bandwidth is usually measured in these.

What are bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, Tbps?

200

True or False: Bandwidth is the same as internet speed.

What is false?


200

If your movie keeps buffering while your sibling games, you may have this.

What is low bandwidth?

200

This type can carry text but struggles with images and videos.

What is narrowband?

200

1 byte = this many bits.

What is 8?

300

The unit used to measure bandwidth.

What is bits per second (bps)?

300

Increasing the number of highway lanes (bandwidth) allows more cars (data), but doesn’t make them do this.

What is move faster?

300

This type is used for high-speed connections today.

What is broadband?

300

Convert 5 MBps to Mbps.

What is 40 Mbps?

400

Bandwidth measures the network’s _______ not how fast the data moves.

What is capacity?

400

The family scenario in your slides shows how bandwidth affects these activities. Name one.

What is streaming, gaming, or downloading?

400

Which type of bandwidth would 2G mobile networks use?

What is narrowband?

400

Convert 640 Mbps to MBps.

What is 80 MBps?

500

Bandwidth is like a highway. What do the cars represent?

What is data?

500

In a school, if many students download videos, this happens with low bandwidth.

What is slow internet / buffering?

500

Which type supports streaming, downloading, and gaming?

What is broadband?

500

Convert 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) to MBps.

What is 125 MBps?