monthly useage ...hows this?

steveo3002

okay i installed a meter to see how much internet i use over a month so i can figure out what broadband package would suit me ( on dial up now)

my figures are

upload 301.45 MiB

download 22.92 MiB

upload &download 324.37 MiB

hows that translate to GB

richt71

steveo3002 wrote: »

okay i installed a meter to see how much internet i use over a month so i can figure out what broadband package would suit me ( on dial up now)

my figures are

upload 301.45 MiB

download 22.92 MiB

upload &download 324.37 MiB

hows that translate to GB

There's a 1000mb per gb. So you're using a total of nearly 1/3rd of a gb each month. However most providers are more concerned with your download figure than upload.

superscaper

Depends on how your ISP defines "GB" which is an inherently unofficial unit.

As for GiB it's upload 0.294 GiB, downloads 0.022 GiB

You just divide by 1024. Depending on your ISP's definition "GB" will either be the same as those figures or 0.316 "GB" for upload and 0.024 "GB" (if they use the prefixes in a decimal instead of binary manner).

JustPassingBy

steveo3002 wrote: »

my figures are

upload 301.45 MiB

download 22.92 MiB

upload &download 324.37 MiB

hows that translate to GB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

steveo3002

so a 2 or 3gb package is ample then? and would allow a few youtube vidoes and music track downloads

bat999

Hi
YouTube videos don't seem to be much over 20MB and an mp3 track is probably around 5MB. But these things vary so keep your eye on that meter.:D:D
PS Your figures are weird, you've only downloaded 22MB but you've uploaded 300MB?

almillar

Oh, and we didn't even start on the confusion between a gigabyte (GB) and gigabit (Gb) - Usually your usage cap is in GB and the speed is quoted as Mb - a byte is 8 bits, so when your ISP sells you 'up to 8 Mb broadband' that's 2 MB, and when you actually get the broadband, and it turns out to only be 4Mb, or 1MB.
Confused?!

superscaper

almillar wrote: »

Oh, and we didn't even start on the confusion between a gigabyte (GB) and gigabit (Gb) - Usually your usage cap is in GB and the speed is quoted as Mb - a byte is 8 bits, so when your ISP sells you 'up to 8 Mb broadband' that's 2 MB, and when you actually get the broadband, and it turns out to only be 4Mb, or 1MB.
Confused?!

Didn't even get on to Nibbles (4 bits) either.

superscaper

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
YouTube videos don't seem to be much over 20MB and an mp3 track is probably around 5MB. But these things vary so keep your eye on that meter.:D:D
PS Your figures are weird, you've only downloaded 22MB but you've uploaded 300MB?

I was going to comment on that. Very odd, 23 MiB in itself seems quite low for a month usage on broadband but the disparity with upload quantity seems strange. Unless it's something specific (online backup) I'd maybe want to scan my system just in case.

steveo3002

superscaper wrote: »

I was going to comment on that. Very odd, 23 MiB in itself seems quite low for a month usage on broadband but the disparity with upload quantity seems strange. Unless it's something specific (online backup) I'd maybe want to scan my system just in case.

eh what ....are you suggesting somthing is wrong?

its a months dial up, just mainly browsing forums and the odd email?

bat999

It's none of our business, but why have you uploaded 300MB of data?
:cool:
Are you sure that your figures aren't the wrong way round - I mean downloaded 300MB and uploaded 22MB instead.
:rolleyes::rolleyes: