Is it called bandwidth or data?

[dschoolma]

Bandwidth - describes the amount of data that can be transported to/from your computer over the internet. Lower bandwidth means that data transfer will slow down if many people are using the same connection.

Data - describes the packets of information that you are sending and receiving.

If you want faster speeds on uploads and downloads, etc then you should ask for more bandwidth.

Many ISP's are talking about (or do) charge(ing) for the amount of data that you "use" over a set limit (say 2Gb), like they do for cell phones. If you have a data limit on your account and wish to be able to "use" more data before being charged extra, then you should ask for more data on your account.