Support/FAQs / How much data do I need each month?

It is impossible to give you an exact figure of how much data per month you may need but we can give you a guide based on the examples in the table below:

CMOBILE included data

Web pages browsed

Send or receive text only emails

Send or receive emails with attachment

Video streaming minutes

Music download / upload

Photo download / upload

150MB

500

3,000

75

20

35

75

500MB

1700

10,000

250

70

125

250

800MB

2700

16,000

400

110

200

400

1.5GB

5200

31,000

750

215

380

750

The below assumptions are used as examples of typical use and are intended as a guide only in the above table:

  • Web page browsing = 300KB per page
  • Text only email = 50KB per email
  • Email with attachment = 2MB per email
  • Video streaming (standard definition) = 7MB per minute
  • Music download /upload = 4MB per song
  • Photo download / upload = 2MB per photo

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