Bandwidth can be defined as the amount of traffic between our CDN servers and users who are viewing your video. Your videos are delivered via that CDN (content delivery network) that is spread out around the world.

A content delivery network is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver video content to a user, based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the web page and the content delivery server.

This service is effective in speeding the delivery of content of websites with high traffic and websites that have global reach. The closer the CDN server is to the user geographically, the faster the content will be delivered to the user. CDNs also provide protection from large surges in traffic.

Accounts include a set amount of this CDN bandwidth every month, and it resets on the billing date.

If your bandwidth runs out in a given month then you will pay an flex fee based on the number of GB you go over.

Please note that bandwidth is only being used if you are uploading your videos directly to Spotlightr. Uploading your video files is the recommended way to use our services though we do also offer our hybrid hosting solution which doesn't use bandwidth from our platform.

You can check your bandwidth balance from Account & Billing:

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Every Spotlightr plan includes a certain amount of bandwidth per month. Each plan also includes the ability to go into flex bandwidth. Flex bandwidth is bandwidth used above your plan's limit.

We bill $0.05 per GB for any amount of bandwidth used above the monthly included amount. Your videos will always continue to play even if you reach your included monthly allotment. There is nothing you need to do to activate this and every plan includes this.

So rest assured that if you reach your plan's bandwidth limit, your videos will continue to play and you will be billed for flex bandwidth.