How many bytes is 50mb?
Does anyone know what the conventions are in NZ? I'm writting a small data control system and I need to know how ISPs count data here. I know the convention for a gig is 1000 mb. I don't know how people are counting mbs thou. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - SkypeMe: ThinkDesignPrint - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz
On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Don Gould wrote:
Does anyone know what the conventions are in NZ?
Easy.. 50mb = 50 millibits = 0.00625 Bytes (assuming 8 bit bytes). Or did you mean 50MB ? The answer is that ISPs will define it differently and your should check their terms and conditions or ask them. -- Simon J. Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
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From: "Don Gould"
Does anyone know what the conventions are in NZ?
I'm writting a small data control system and I need to know how ISPs count data here.
I know the convention for a gig is 1000 mb.
1G = 1024M Except with Slingshot where they quote: (this is the only ISP I can find this) (http://www.slingshot.co.nz/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=999&tabid=11&subnav=21#usage) "To represent the speed on our Slingshot plans we refer to Megabits (Mb) where 1Mb is about 1000Kb." (speed represented strangely) "Data is usually measured in Megabytes (MB) where 1000MB equals a Gigabyte (GB)"
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