How Much Data Should I Buy?

[smurfchops]

I mistakenly left my mobile data on today instead of using my WiFi, my next month’s data starts on 23 November and I have now used 47GB of my monthly allowance of 1.24 GB. To top up with 500MB extra data is only £2.50. How much should I buy to take me back to my monthly allowance of 1.25GB. It is all too confusing for me. I can’t work out megabytes and gigabytes.. easy answers please. Thanks all.

[davebro]

you DO seem confused as you've already used 40 times your monthly allowance according to the above.

[smurfchops]

Oh sorry !!!!!!!!! Used 0.47 GB of 1.24 GB …..

[smurfchops]

Senior moment …..

[bobbinwales]

0.47GB is 470MB so 500MB should cover it

[Vagus]

Always, always, buy more than you think you’ll need.
We have a mobile WiFi thing as we spend a lot of time away from home, and each year the data we use has increased.
I can’t work out the ins and outs of your problem, but buy lots, you won’t regret it.

[Buenchico]

>>> "I have now uses 47GB of my monthly allowance of 1.24 GB"

As it stands, that doesn't make sense (as what you've used appears to be vastly in excess of your monthly allowance!). So I assume that the '47GB' should read '47 MB'.

There are 1000 MB in 1 GB. (Pedantically, it's actually 1024, rather than 1000, due to the way computers work, but that can be ignored here.

So you've got 1240 MB (or 1250 MB, depending upon whether it's the '1.24' or '1.25' figure in your post that's the correct one) available to you each month. If you've only used 47 MB so far, you've only used 4.6% of your monthly allowance up until now, so you shouldn't need any additional top-up at all.

HOWEVER, if you REALLY mean that you've used 47 GB then, as you've only paid for 1.24 (or 1.25) GB, you'd need a MASSIVE top-up to bring you back on track. I simply can't see that's possible though unless, for example, you've downloaded loads of full-length movies in high definition today.

[bobbinwales]

to be precise 0.47gb is 481 MB. but same conlusion

[Gizmonster]

500MB = 0.5GB
You've used 0.47GB, so if you buy 500MB, that will replace what you've used.
I'd seriously look at a better plan though. I'm with GiffGaff and pay £10 per month for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 15GB of data on a rolling 1 month contract.

[Buenchico]

Crossed posts!

0.47 GB = 470 MB. So a 500 MB top-up will cancel out everything that you've used up until now and restore your full monthly allowance.

[bobbinwales]

Just to be pedantic a gigabyte is 1024 mb rather than 1000 mb

[smurfchops]

Thank you everyone, it is all a bit much for me to work it out but I will top up 500MB. I am with Tesco and my phone is under contract for about another 18 months, but the network is very poor where I live, I am always cutting people off on the phone and only one bar on the little triangle. (Told you I wasn’t technical! )

[piper107]

my mobile wi fi is always on and connected at home and various cafes supermarket's etc automatically joins up, also the mobile jumps to WIFI rather than mobile data when im in my routers reach, im on payg
1p mobile

[Buenchico]

Tesco Mobile uses the O2 network. If you're getting a lousy signal from their masts, make sure that any provider you switch to in the future isn't also using O2's masts.

That rules out GiffGaff (as recommended by Gizmonster) because they use O2. 1p mobile, as recommended by Piper107, uses EE's masts. Adsa Mobile (as recommended by me) uses Vodafone:
https://mobile.asda.com/bundles