# The issue of NTP requests exceeding bandwidth load

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Created:** [November 3, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588 "2024-11-03T10:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![summer76527](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/summer76527/32/1522_2.png) [@summer76527](https://community.ntppool.org/u/summer76527)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588/1 "2024-11-03T10:32:18Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am based in China, where the cost of server bandwidth is quite high, often charged per Mbps. As a result, my server is limited to just 3 Mbps for both upload and download. Recently, I joined the NTP pool project and configured a connection speed limit of 512 Kbps. However, I have noticed that the bandwidth usage on my server can still be very high, sometimes even surpassing 180 Mbps, which is about 60 times my total available bandwidth!

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This excessive bandwidth usage is severely impacting the performance of my other services. I would like to know if there are any solutions or best practices to better control the bandwidth used by the NTP Pool.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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