How do I estimate my Internet usage requirements?
Internet usage is the amount of data which is transferred between your computer or other device (e.g. smart phone, tablet) and the Internet over a certain amount of time. This amount of data is measured in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes.
Data usage will be accrued in bytes (B) where 1KB = 1000B, 1MB = 1000KB and 1GB = 1000MB and includes both uploads and downloads.
Below is a table to outline how much data is required for your internet usage. Please note this is an estimation only.
| Plan | 50 GB per month |
250 GB per month |
500 GB per month |
Data Usage per activity |
| Hours spend browsing the Internet | 750 | 3750 | 7500 | 5 MB per hour |
| Number of emails sent or received with attachments | 3000 | 15000 | 30000 | 50 KB per email and attachment |
| Number of photos uploaded or downloaded | 750 | 3750 | 7500 | 850 KB per photo |
| Number of songs uploaded or downloaded | 1250 | 6250 | 12500 | 5 MB per song of 4-5 minutes |
| Hours of streaming videos (e.g. YouTube) | 100 | 500 | 1000 | 120 MB per hour |
| Hours of streaming Internet radio | 75 | 375 | 750 | 60 MB per hour |
| Number of movies downloaded | 10 | 50 | 100 | 2 GB per Movie |
| Approximate Total Data Used | 48.5 GB | 242.5 GB | 485 GB |
