What Happens When You Hit the Limit?
Once your monthly traffic allowance (plus a 5% grace buffer) is exhausted, EDBB throttles the VPS NIC to roughly 64 kbit/s. The VM stays online, but production workloads will feel sluggish until you add traffic or reach the next reset.
Options to Restore Full Speed
🔁 Assign Pool Traffic
Move capacity from your global traffic pool. Manual assignments apply instantly; auto hydration can top up automatically if enabled.
📦 Upgrade Your Plan
Switching to a plan with a larger monthly allowance removes the throttle as soon as the upgrade completes.
🕒 Wait for Renewal
If you don’t need immediate bandwidth, the cap lifts automatically on the next billing cycle reset.
Stay Ahead of the Curve
- Monitor usage on the Traffic tab in the portal—graphs show both consumption and remaining pool balance.
- Set calendar reminders around high-usage campaigns so you can assign extra traffic proactively.
- Combine with off-peak batch jobs or CDN caching to stretch your allowance further.