How LayerOne Transfer Pooling Works

Billing · 5 min read

Two numbers on a VPS plan get mixed up constantly: port speed and transfer. Port speed is how fast a packet can leave the NIC. Transfer is how many bytes you may send and receive in a billing window. LayerOne prices them separately on purpose.

A 2 TB pool, not a per-plan allotment

Every account includes 2 TB of transfer, shared by every server on that account. Three small VPS instances do not get 6 TB. One busy VPS can use the whole pool. Resize for CPU and RAM; buy transfer when traffic spikes.

Port speed is still a cap

General Compute includes a 2.5 Gbps port. Network Optimized includes a 10 Gbps port. A faster port does not add transfer. It just means a burst can consume the pool sooner.

Extra blocks and overage

Extra transfer is $3.00/TB per calendar month, whether you add Extra Bandwidth blocks in advance or usage goes beyond the pool. Bought mid-month, a block is charged for the days remaining. Buy a block when you know a launch, a backup sync, or a game update will blow past 2 TB, or to expand the pool if automatic overage billing is off. Overage is the backstop when you did not.

What this means in practice

• A Discord bot and a personal VPN will not notice the pool.
• A public Minecraft server or a Coolify host pulling images might.
• Hourly credit billing still meters the VPS itself; transfer is the separate counter.

The client dashboard shows your remaining transfer. Compare plans on the pricing page for port speed, then size transfer from actual traffic rather than from a plan name.