Additional bandwidth keeps your services running at full speed without overage charges. With bandwidth pooling, it doesn't matter which service has extra bandwidth — any additional bandwidth is added to the shared pool and can be used by any service within the same region.
A few important notes:
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Additional bandwidth does not carry over. Bandwidth usage resets on the first day of each month, regardless of your service billing cycle or when the additional bandwidth was purchased.
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It may take up to 5 minutes for throttling on VMs to be lifted after additional bandwidth is applied.
Steps to purchase extra bandwidth
Go to the management page of any VM in the region where you need extra bandwidth, and click the Add-ons tab:
Click Add New and select Additional Bandwidth:
Choose your desired extra bandwidth and click Submit, a new invoice will be issued for payment. Pay the invoice to activate your bandwidth immediately.