Get paid for the internet you are not using.

Install the app on a computer at home and switch sharing on. You set the daily limit and the hours, see every gigabyte counted, and cash out as a gift card by email.

  • Free to join
  • Off until you switch it on
  • Never your files or browsing

How sharing works on Bandwidth Sharing

Your computer passes on web requests for our network in the background, within your daily limit and hours, and every gigabyte is paid.

Step 1

Switch it on

Install the app on a computer at home, read three sentences and say yes. Nothing is shared before that.

  • No daily limit, unless you set one
  • Only in the hours you allow
  • Never anything in your home network
  • Never banks, government, health or emergency sites
Step 2

It shares in the background

While your computer is on, our network sends requests through it. Each gigabyte is counted at our network, never guessed.

  • Office PCOnline since 08:120.84 GB
  • Living room laptopResting: today's limit reached2.00 GB

An example day on two computers.

Step 3

Paid once a day

What each computer carried is settled once a day at the rate the app shows, in whole cents. Nothing is rounded away: the rest waits for the next day.

  • 2.00 GB shared on Living room laptopBeing checked until Oct 19+$0.40
  • 0.84 GB shared on Office PCBeing checked until Oct 19+$0.16

Example settlements, as the app shows them.

Always

You stay in charge

Pause a computer, change its limit or its hours, or stop it, from the app or from this website. A no stops every computer within seconds.

How your money moves, step by step

Two numbers, never one. What is still being checked sits apart from what is already yours.

  1. Pending

    Once a day, what your computers carried becomes a settlement. It waits while it is checked and until our network has paid us for it.

    1.20 GB shared on Office PCBeing checked until Oct 19+$0.24
  2. Available

    Cleared money is yours to cash out. We never freeze money that is available.

    AvailableReady to cash out$12.40
  3. Cashed out

    It leaves as a gift card by email. The first cash-out is small on purpose, so you can check that we pay.

    Gift card to [email protected]Sent-$5.00

A settlement can still be taken back after it cleared, for fraud or a broken rule. When that happens your balance stops at zero; it never goes below.

What you control, and what we never do

You control

  • Sharing has its own switch, and it starts off.
  • You set each computer's daily limit and hours, and can pause or stop it at any time.
  • Your history shows every settlement, release, reversal and cash-out, with the gigabytes behind it.
  • Your balance never goes below zero, even when a settlement is taken back.
  • You can download everything we hold about you, or close your account, from Settings.

We never

  • We never see your files, your browsing or your personal data.
  • We never reach anything inside your home network.
  • We never promise an income. What you earn depends on what you do.
  • We never sell your personal data, and the app shows no ads.
  • We never freeze money that is available.

Questions people ask about sharing

Something else? Write to [email protected].

Is Bandwidth Sharing free?

Yes. Creating an account and installing the app cost nothing.

What does sharing my internet mean?

Other companies' web requests go out through your connection, so the websites they visit see your IP address instead of theirs. This is called acting as a proxy. Only our own network uses your connection, and we keep a record of which customer sent each request.

Is it safe for my computer?

The app never reaches anything inside your home network, never sees your files or your browsing, and refuses banks, government, health and emergency sites. It stops at your daily limit and runs only in the hours you allow.

How much do I earn?

You are paid per gigabyte your computer carried, at the rate the app shows. How much that is depends on how much the network sends through your computer, which changes from day to day, so we never promise an amount.

How do I get paid?

As a gift card by email. What your computers carried is settled once a day, stays pending while it is checked and until the network has paid us for it, and is then yours to cash out. The first cash-out is small on purpose, so you can check that we pay.

Does it slow down my internet?

It uses the connection only within the limit you set, and you can pause it with one click whenever you need everything for yourself.

Is it allowed?

Some internet providers do not allow sharing your connection, so please check yours. You must be 18 or older.

Start with one computer and see how we pay.