Estimating Data Usage

What can you do with 1GB of Data

This page will assist you working out your data allowance for our data plans, on average 1 Gigabyte of data will allow you to perform the following actions per month;

Surf 20 hours worth of the internet
Receive 1000 emails
Download 20x four-minute songs or other audio media
Watch 5x four-minute YouTube clips
Download 40 photos

This is a rough guide only as some factors can change these estimates (i.e. High Definition YouTube clips compared to Low Definition clips).

Capacity Estimates

The information on this page will help you estimate what capacity you need for our internet and mobile data services.

Internet browsing – 100 MB per hour
Social Media (Facebook) – 50 MB per hour
Email (text only) – 50KB per email
Documents and Photos – 2 MB each
Music Downloads – 4 MB each
Video Downloads – 3GB per movie

Voice Over IP – 20 MB per hour
Video Over IP – 60 MB per hour
Online Radio – 60 MB per hour
YouTube and similar =500-1000 MB per hour
Online Gaming – 500 MB per hour
Netflix SD Streaming – 1GB per hour
Netflix HD Streaming – 3GB per hour