How much bandwidth does a CCTV camera use?

Some security cameras can consume as little as 5 Kbps in “steady-state”, and others as high as 6 Mbps and beyond. The average bandwidth consumption of an IP cloud camera is 1-2 Mbps (assuming 1080p using H. 264 codec at 6-10fps). A hybrid cloud camera averages a fraction of that, ranging 5-50 Kbps in steady-state.

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What is bandwidth traffic?

Bandwidth is the communication capacity of a network . When you use the Internet, you are using bandwidth. Bandwidth is used in both directions, i.e. for uploads and downloads. Data flows quickly and smoothly when the amount of traffic on the network is small relative to its capacity.

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