Your IPSTAR Broadband plan counts the amount of data transferred between your computer or other connected devices and the internet over a certain amount of time. The billing period is one month. So if you have a 10GB plan this is the total amount of data that can be transferred between your computer or other devices and the internet within the billing period. Data is measured in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes. We sell our plans in megabytes and gigabytes.
A gigabyte (GB) is a measurement unit for computer data that is technically about 1,048,576 Kilobytes (KB) and around 1000MB…but in the real world, this equates to approximately:
- 8 – 16 hours of Facebook viewing
- 1.5 hours of video conferencing (SD)
- Around 200 music tracks (5MB each)
- Approximately 1000 images or photos (1MB each)
- 1.4 standard definition movies (700MB per movie)
| Activity type | Measurement of estimated/approximate data used |
|---|---|
| Internet browsing/surfing | 1MB – 4MB per minute (hugely variable depending on the site) |
| Email received | 500KB per email (estimate includes attachments & spam) |
| Film as a download | 2GB per film (avi, mpeg, divx) |
| Games/movie trailers | 100MB each |
| Music tracks as a download | 5MB per song (4-5min duration) |
| Online gaming | 15MB per hour |
| Music streaming | 1MB – 2MB per minute |
| Photos/documents | 850KB per image |
| 1MB – 2MB per minute | |
| YouTube and video streaming | 2.5MB – 6MB per minute (SD 2.5MB/min – HD 6MB/min) |
This estimation table is not intended to track usage, rather helps to provide a guide to help you pick the right plan. To check your actual usage for this month, please log in to your account.
