EC2 instances with 16 vCPUs or fewer have a baseline bandwidth and can burst above it using network I/O credits for a limited time, typically 5 to 60 minutes.

Checked 2026-10-14

Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
Amazon EC2
Subsystem
capacity
Deployment
iaas
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-14
Checked
2026-10-14

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 14). Running a virtual SBC in Azure or AWS: source note cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth,
  title  = {Running a virtual SBC in Azure or AWS: source note cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth},
  note   = {Source note cloud-hosted-sbc-aws-burst-bandwidth, checked 2026-10-14}
}

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