Data Usage Calculator

Use this tool to learn how different online activities affect your monthly usage. Simply use the slider bars below to indicate how many hours per month your household will do each activity. Make sure to include all devices, users and activities (such as cell phones, children, roommates, etc.) from your household.

This tool assumes a month of 30 days or 720 hours. Please adjust your results accordingly.

Web Surfing - 0 hours per month

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Time spent searching, shopping, reading news, banking, etc. on the web. This does not include social networking or streaming video.

Emailing - 0 emails sent/received per month

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Number of messages sent and received without attachments.

Social Networking - 0 hours per month

Time spent viewing content and posting text on websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.

Streaming Video - 0 hours per month

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Time spent streaming standard definition video files from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc.

Streaming Music - 0 hours per month

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Time spent streaming audio files from iTunes, Pandora, I Heart Radio etc.

Photos - 0 uploaded / downloaded per month

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Number of hi-res photos uploaded to websites, social networking sites and cloud back-up and sent/received photos.

Video Chat - 0 hours per month

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Time spent chatting on FaceTime, Skype, Google+ Hangouts, etc.

Online Gaming - 0 hours per month

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Time spent playing online PC games or gaming systems such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network or Ouya.

Estimated Total Monthly Usage

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Data usage is measured in bytes on a 30-day month.

1,024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte