Mobile Data Service Allowances

What is a Megabyte (MB)?

When you use data services (Internet, email) you will be charged for the amount of data that you send and receive rather than the time spent using the service. As a guide a Megabyte (Mb) is equivalent to the following:

As a guide 1 Megabyte (MB) is equivalent to the following*

500 emails

An average text email is 2 Kilobytes = 512 average emails sent/received for 1 MB.  Remember you can specify in your phone’s inbox settings the maximum size of an email downloaded to your handset.

205 WAP pages

An average text only WAP page is 5KB = 205 average WAP page visits for 1 MB.

50 Web pages

An average mobile web page with pictures is 30KB = 50 average web page visits for 1MB.

10 Truetones

An average high quality ring tone is 250KB.

Converter

1024 bytes in a Kilobyte (KB), 1024 Kilobytes in a Megabyte (MB), and 1024 Megabytes in a Gigabyte (GB).

*Please note that these figures are indicative and a guideline only, as every webpage etc is a different size.

How much will it cost?

Everything you send or receive over the internet is bits of data and the mobile internet is no different, whether it's a web page, an e-mail, a music track or a video clip. Each bit is a different size and is measure in Kilobytes or Megabytes. Free data allowance and ongoing charge per Kilobyte will depend on which tariff you are on.

For more information please call 44(1)624 624624 or visit one of our Manx Telecom shops