Data Usage

We've taken some of the most popular netbook activities and estimated the data usage for each.

Remember, these are just estimates. The size of your e-mails and downloads may differ from our examples.

 

Activity	Estimated Usage	500MB per month	5GB per month
Sending an e-mail with a text-only attachment	4KB	25,000 e-mails/month	250,000 e-mails/month
Sending an e-mail with a picture attachment	1MB	500 e-mails with pictures/month	5,000 e-mails with pictures/month
Updating your Facebook status or visiting other social networking sites	220KB	5,000 Web page views/month	50,000 Web page views/month
Downloading a 3-minute MP3 song	4MB	125 MP3s/month	1250 MP3s/month
Playing online games	310KB/min	29 hours of game play/month	290 hours of game play/month
Sending/posting high-quality digital photos	1MB	500 photos/month	5,000 photos/month
Streaming Internet radio	1MB/min	8 hours of music/month	80 hours of music/month
Watching a 3-minute YouTube™ video	2MB/min	3.5 hours (55 videos)	35 hours (550 videos)