How many?

[Rick Storm]

Hi all
Trying to work out my Wanadoo monthly download limit of 2gb. What I'd like to know.... how many mb are there in 1gb?

Thanks
Rick

[kriss1000]

1,024 Byte = 1 Kilobyte (KB)
1,024 Kilobyte (KB) = 1 Megabyte (MB)
1,073,741,824 Bytes = 1 Gigabyte (GB)
1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 Megabyte (MB)

New IEC Standard
bit bit 0 or 1
byte B 8 bits
kibibit Kibit 1024 bits
kilobit kbit 1000 bits
kibibyte (binary) KiB 1024 bytes
kilobyte (decimal) kB 1000 bytes
megabit Mbit 1000 kilobits
mebibyte (binary) MiB 1024 kibibytes
megabyte (decimal) MB 1000 kilobytes
gigabit Gbit 1000 megabits
gibibyte (binary) GiB 1024 mebibytes
gigabyte (decimal) GB 1000 megabytes
terabit Tbit 1000 gigabits
tebibyte (binary) TiB 1024 gibibytes
terabyte (decimal TB 1000 gigabytes
petabit Pbit 1000 terabits
pebibyte (binary) PiB 1024 tebibytes
petabyte (decimal) PB 1000 terabytes
exabit Ebit 1000 petabits
exbibyte (binary) EiB 1024 pebibytes
exabyte (decimal) EB 1000 petabytes

[Rick Storm]

Thanks Kriss, I did an HND in computer studies back in the 80s (out of touch now) them days it was only kb and nibbles :bored:

All the best Rick

[Gertrude the Wombat]

Well, it's slightly more fun than that, as sometimes "k" means 1024 and sometimes it means 1000 (particular if you're selling hard disk drives). (Also see job adverts - since when did "£10k" mean "£10,240"???)

So 1M can be any of 1000 * 1000, 1000 * 1024, 1024 * 1024 depending on context. And 1G is 1000 or 1024 times that.

[P.Pilcher]

Heavens above Rick, you are a youngster! I started playing around with an Eliott 803 back in 1968. It's clock ran at an incredible 100 kHz so an addition took a whole millisecond!

P.P.

[paddyboy]

Now I could be wrong here but as I understand it a cap such as yours Rick can mean total usage... ie UP & DOWN.
Many people have been caught out by this before so I suggest you investigate your T & C's.:)
Also Google Netmeter... That may help a little.