noun phrase · academic
bandwidth limitations
UK/ˈbændwɪdθ ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz/US/ˈbændwɪθ ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz/BAND·width lim·i·TA·tions
Restrictions on the amount of data that can be transmitted over an internet connection in a given time, affecting speed and performance.
Examples
“Video calls were poor due to bandwidth limitations in the village.”
“Bandwidth limitations forced the school to reduce video quality during lessons.”
“Providers sometimes impose bandwidth limitations to manage network traffic.”
Band 8 sentence
“Video conferencing in rural schools is often disrupted by bandwidth limitations, making synchronous lessons difficult.”
Collocations
- suffer from bandwidth limitations
- overcome bandwidth limitations
- bandwidth constraints
Word family
Common mistakes
limit of bandwidth→bandwidth limitation
many bandwidths→limited bandwidth
Say it for a higher band
5slow internet→6limited bandwidth→7+bandwidth limitations
Synonyms
bandwidth cap
Easily confused
bandwidth cap
“Many mobile providers enforce a bandwidth cap once a user's data allowance is exceeded.”
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