How big is a gig?

It's pretty big.

A gig is a nickname for a gigabyte, which works out to be around 1000 megabytes, or about 1 billion bytes. We use 'bits' and 'bytes' to describe how we measure things like file sizes, computer memory and download data. In Australia, your broadband provider will give you a 'quota' of data, usually measured in megabytes or gigabytes that you are allowed in web traffic (uploads/downloads) each month. Let's put this info into practise:

• One gig is about 16 hours of your favourite MP3 music files.
• It's about 1 movie download or 3 hours of watching TV over the Internet.
• When it comes to web browsing, a gig lets you surf about 500 regular web pages (and yep, just looking at a page means you're downloading).

If you'd like more info, here's a few handy locations:

Take a quick 2 minute test to find out how many gigs of quota is good for you.

To find out what cool downloads iiNet customers have access to, without their monthly quota being affected (that means gig-free), visit the iiNet Freezone.