Ting uses very little Internet bandwidth. And importantly, Ting does not factor into your download bandwidth. Instead, while monitoring your electrical system for anomalies, your Ting Sensor uploads data.
A word on the bandwidth of your Internet connection. Bandwidth is often confused with 'data' and mistaken for internet speed (although higher bandwidth can ensure that your maximum Internet 'speed' can be realized no matter how many devices you connect).
Bandwidth is the volume of information (data) that can be sent over an internet connection in a specific amount of time. Bandwidth for your broadband Internet connection has two dimensions: upload, and download.
Because most of us spend much more time downloading data - which includes searching the web and streaming music or video - than we do uploading, broadband (aka high-speed) Internet providers give priority to downloading. For instance, you may have noticed while uploading a video or photo to a cloud storage service or an attachment to an email you are sending, it may seem your internet speed slows down a bit, but for most broadband services, this slower upload experience is by design as the bandwidth is much less than for downloading.
Ting and upload bandwidth. While the average upload data rate, or bandwidth 'service level' across the U.S. for broadband internet can vary, the average upload rate today is slightly above 20 Mb/s. Ting utilizes about 0.02% of this average upload rate; if Ting detects a fire hazard and requires additional data to analyze the signal, more bandwidth will be used but no more than 2% of the average upload rate of 20 Mb/s.
Ting and download bandwidth. The only time your Ting Sensor downloads data is when we periodically and securely update your sensor's firmware to ensure it is always up to date with the latest features and enhancements. These updates are relatively infrequent, and brief in duration. The impact on download bandwidth is negligible.