What is the amount of data I can use in each plan?
Cricket's rate plans are based on the amount of data usage a customer goes through in a month. Usage is the amount of data transferred from the Internet to the computer. Cricket's rate plans vary from 1GB to 7.5GB.
What is a gigabyte?
Byte = the equivalent of one character
Kilobyte = 1,000 Bytes
Megabyte = 1,000 Kilobytes
Gigabyte = 1,000 Megabytes
Find the plan that's right for you. Below are some examples of data usage that can help guide you into the right plan.
|
Type of Download |
Average File Size |
2.5 GB of usage |
5GB of usage |
7.5 GB of usage |
|
1 email |
10 KB |
250,000 |
500,000 |
750,000 |
|
1 webpage visit |
150 KB |
16,667 |
33,333 |
50,000 |
|
1 song from iTunes |
4 MB |
625 |
1,250 |
1,875 |
|
1 digital photo |
3 MB |
833 |
1,666 |
2,499 |
|
1 YouTube video (3 min) |
5 MB |
500 |
1,000 |
1,500 |
|
28 MB |
89 |
178 |
267 |
|
|
1 movie download (2 hours) |
1.5 GB |
1.5 |
3 |
4.5 |
*Actual usage and size may vary
