What uses a lot of megabytes and what doesn't use much at all?

Question

I have a monthly limit which I need to stick to. I am trying to find out what I can use and what I shouldn't use to keep under my limit.

Answer 1

Movies/video use the most by far, then music. Simple text web pages use the least. Most ISPs do not have monthly limit restrictions. If mine did I would switch or go broke watching online video.

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Does your ISP restrict how much you can download each month? Maybe the ISP Restrictions screen would be useful, just enter details of your monthly quota, and BitMeter will warn you when you approach your limit.

Using the Alerts feature, BitMeter can notify you when you have uploaded/downloaded a certain amount, or if your speed goes above or below any limit that you specify.

If you want to see historical data you can use the Statistics window to see what's been happening over the last few hours, days or weeks. The data shown in each of the graphs is also available numerically, and can be exported to a spreadsheet for detailed analysis!

BitMeter also includes an on-screen Stopwatch, which can be configured to display all sorts of information such as upload and download totals, and average, maximum and minimum speeds.

Answer 2

specific watching movies makes use of makes use of up your megabytes. The MB's wasted relies upon on the known and the dimensions of the video . whether this is a youtube video then each video makes use of upto 10 mb and if it a top high quality video then approximately 40 - 50 mb.

Answer 3

Uses a lot of megabytes to WHAT ? Download ? Save to hard drive ?`

Question in incomplete.
I assume you mean download.
BIG things, Video files, Audio files, BIG high quality photos.

Small things : text web pages, internet chat, small little photos.

Answer 4

It depends on what your said limit is. You might want to indicate what your limit is & what company or what kind of connection you have