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1MB = 1,000 KB
1KB = 1,000BYTES
1MB = 1,000,000 BYTES
1GB = 1000MB
If a hostel charges 4.4cents ($0.044) per mb, is it considered expensive.. let's not compare with singnet or starhub broadband.
Based on 1GB per month, what can a user access to? What are the size of opening a webpage, webphone or msn chat? -
Only a country like Australia can come up with such ridiculous price plans for www access.
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where r u driving at Croco??Originally posted by sgboy:1MB = 1,000 KB
1KB = 1,000BYTES
1MB = 1,000,000 BYTES
1GB = 1000MB
If a hostel charges 4.4cents ($0.044) per mb, is it considered expensive.. let's not compare with singnet or starhub broadband.
Based on 1GB per month, what can a user access to? What are the size of opening a webpage, webphone or msn chat?
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How much you use for opening a webpage is totally dependent on how much graphic/picture/animation it has. If you load a page full of photo for example, you will be using lot more as compare to a webpage that just got words on it.
1G at $0.044/Mb is very expensive, simply put is it not worth the cost. And if you are one that don't download thing like anime/movie/mp3, 1G is enough for use on a mthly basis.
Anyway if you are referring to plan that are outside of Singapore, have a look around there should be much better plan around. -
You can't do much with 1GB.
Your bill is going to be damn expensive. -
1GB for $44!
even singtel 512kilobits per second jetpack aso cheaper lorz...... -
ridiculous.
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Kilo K 2^10 = 1,024
Mega M 2^20 = 1,048,576
Giga G 2^30 = 1,073,741,824
Tera T 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776
Peta P 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624
Exa E 2^60 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
Zetta Z 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
Yotta Y 2^80 = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176
check this out
the definition of bits and bytes is different from the decimal numeric point of calculation. in the electronics world, bytes are either on or off (i.e 1 or 0, thus 2 possibliliies). since the results of using this standarrd is very close to that of the decimal in numeric table, it is often prefer to use the 1x1,000 analysis to represent 1kb and 1x1,000,000 to represent the 1MB etc.
you will get confused when you packed a 4.7GB data for burning to a DVD media but find that the computer willask you for continual burning to a second disc since 4.7GB far exceeds 5.0gigibytes! 4.7gigabytes is only about 4.33GB!
in short 1 kb = 2 ^ 10
1 GB = 2^20
not 1 kB = 1 x 1,000
not 1MB = 1 x 1,000,000
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the above of using base 2 is true in certain situations only...but when doing things like buying HDDs and etc...it is always better to check with the manufacturer concerned....cos some manufacturers do use K=1000...Originally posted by newmanmback:Kilo K 2^10 = 1,024
Mega M 2^20 = 1,048,576
Giga G 2^30 = 1,073,741,824
Tera T 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776
Peta P 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624
Exa E 2^60 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
Zetta Z 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
Yotta Y 2^80 = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176
check this out
the definition of bits and bytes is different from the decimal numeric point of calculation. in the electronics world, bytes are either on or off (i.e 1 or 0, thus 2 possibliliies). since the results of using this standarrd is very close to that of the decimal in numeric table, it is often prefer to use the 1x1,000 analysis to represent 1kb and 1x1,000,000 to represent the 1MB etc.
you will get confused when you packed a 4.7GB data for burning to a DVD media but find that the computer willask you for continual burning to a second disc since 4.7GB far exceeds 5.0gigibytes! 4.7gigabytes is only about 4.33GB!
in short 1 kb = 2 ^ 10
1 GB = 2^20
not 1 kB = 1 x 1,000
not 1MB = 1 x 1,000,000
just something to take note...that's all... -
sgboy is not sgboy2004Originally posted by progene:where r u driving at Croco?? -
Internet quota dun follow the convention of 1K= 1024. Actually 1G is enough if you just use it for normal uses such as reading news, check email and download lectures notes. Anything more it won't be enough.
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er....i dun noe which manufacturer u toking about...since now there seems to be only.......maxtor/seagate, samsung,fujitsu, WD, hitachi storage......can use my fingers to count.....so i believe if u check their website...they dun BS.....they use base 2Originally posted by Xcert:the above of using base 2 is true in certain situations only...but when doing things like buying HDDs and etc...it is always better to check with the manufacturer concerned....cos some manufacturers do use K=1000...
just something to take note...that's all...
i believe its the consumers or hdd buyers who should stick to the truth that 1 Gb equals 1024 MB -
sigh. nobody actually counts 1Gb as 1024Mb, except operating systems.
hdd manufacturers and such volume-based internet plans count by 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes, so that they can squeeze more out of consumers. never assume they are going to give you 1,024Mb cos that practically never happens! -
volume based from singnet is honest
i guess this is important when the service provider dun wanna cheat the consumer
Seagate is using the base 10 calculation though
i guess this aint important since when u flash the bios or check out the hardware specification/ configuration...u will get the true base 2 capacity -
the size of openeing a webpage is minimum..the most a a few hundred kbs per page without any higher resolution jpeg...if u dun delete the jpeg images from your temp internet folder, when u repeatedly connect to the same site, your pc will use the jpeg oredi download at the temp folder instead of requesting the same images/ video or music files from the site again.Originally posted by sgboy:1MB = 1,000 KB
1KB = 1,000BYTES
1MB = 1,000,000 BYTES
1GB = 1000MB
If a hostel charges 4.4cents ($0.044) per mb, is it considered expensive.. let's not compare with singnet or starhub broadband.
Based on 1GB per month, what can a user access to? What are the size of opening a webpage, webphone or msn chat?
yes if u dun spent hours online i guess go by time based or volume based will do...but be prepared when u require to download updates for your pc software or hardware...or when u repeatedly failed to connect or download or communicate with the other party....time and dtyes transfered in the event of a failed connection still counts and goes to your bill.
there are ppl who connect the pc online 247, running servers, gaming, downloading , torrent etc all at the same time...for them the cheapest and lowest unlimited BB plan in the list should fit the bill...and they can share the bandwidth with others in the family -
Opps...never see carefully...Originally posted by skeujin:sgboy is not sgboy2004