. :<br>What's the difference?<br>‘Some internet terms are so similar that they're often confused with each other. We're here to help set the record straight.<br>Bandwidth vs speed<br>Bandwidth is how much information you receive every second, while speed is how fast that information is received or downloaded Let's compareit to filling a bathtub. If the bathtub faucet has awide opening, more. )<br>water can flow at a faster rate than if the pipe was narrower. Think of the water as the bandwidth and the rate at which the water flows as the speed.<br>What's yourinternet speed? Take the speed test.<br>Bandwidth vs latency<br>Latency is sometimes referred to as delay or ping rate It's the lag you experience while waiting for something to load. If bandwidth s the amount of information sent per second, latency is the amount of time it takes<br>that information to get fromits source to you.<br>Bandwidth vs throughput<br>Throughput is how much information actually gets delivered in a certain amount of time. Sof bandwidth is the max amount of data, throughput is how much of that data makes it to its destination — taking latency,<br>network speed, packet loss and other factorsinto account<br>How much bandwidth do I need?<br>