# Bandwidth Usage

## What is bandwidth?

* Bandwidth is the data transferred between the IP address and the host.
  * Every time you refresh a website, bandwidth is used.

## How do residentials work?

* Think of it as a cellular phone plan, your cell phone company gives you a certain amount of data each month to browse the web when you aren't connected to wifi. Every time you do anything using the internet while not home, it uses bandwidth. If you then run out of mobile data to use, you aren't able to use it anymore for the month.

## How can I tell how much data I used?

* Simply go to [https://auproxies.com/dashboard](https://auproxies.com/dashboard) and log in.
* On the page, there will be a "Data limit" and a "Data Usage" column.
  * **Data Limit:** How much data you are allocated.
  * **Data Usage:** The amount of data that has been used.
* **Note:** This counter only updates every hour

## Is there an unlimited residential option?

* No there isn't an unlimited residential plan option.

