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An iPad may consume many megabytes of data, particularly when streaming movies.

Everyone knows how long a minute is. And your cellphone carrier keeps close tabs on how many you have used this month. Now, in the smartphone era, more people are being forced to think about how many megabytes of data they are using.

But what, exactly, is a megabyte?

If a sampling of pedestrians on the streets of Brooklyn is any guide, most people have only a vague idea. One said a megabyte was “the amount of something we have to use the Internet,” adding, “We should have three or four.”

To read the full, original article click on this link: How to Budget Megabytes Becomes More Urgent for Users - NYTimes.com