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Justiyke4u: Op is just a matter of semantics but let me ask u a question if mtn gives u free 15mb will u say mtn gave me free 15 data? U shud understand a phrase and the context it is used b4 u conclude and judge. Yes we agree is data then wat do u use to quantify the amount of data u av? 'May be Etisalat gave me 500 datas'.......... SMH. My point simply is u shud understand the context they r used. We know dat mb is a unit of data like free 500 megabytes of data, data in this context is capped and the measure is in either gb or mb so cant even use data alone like dat the way u r suggesting

simple English! "MTN gave me 15mb free data bundle"
"Etisalat gave me 500mb free data bundle.
note: "data" is plural, the singular form of it is called "datum"

so there is nothing like "datas"

again, since you know there are also kb, GB, etc why did you chose to use only mb?

Rudebwoy: The summary is that the unit we are discussing here is not called MB but data bundle. Simple.

Thank you my guy.

Elvisten10: @op, you call 900kb 0.9mb . There are many downloading software that read that way. Also it should be data bundle as mentioned above. But if somebody asks how many mb did airtel give you and you replied 2048mb (that is 2gb) there is nothing wrong about it (regular talk). Somebody can choose to measure the length between two far points using inches, but it is more ideal to use yard or miles so as to ease things up and reduce the size of the number. Last bullet: Bits comes before bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, exabytes, zettabytes, yottabytes, Brontobytes, etc.

you are not wrong my brother, Among all these data units you mentioned here, why did you decide to pick only megabyte (MB) to represent all of them irrespective of the size?

Yomieluv: Thanks for the enlightenment..most times in Nairaland,we communicate colloquially,either way,we understood what's being said.

though we understand what is being said, but what is wrong is wrong. it goes beyond Nairaland.

engrFsumtin: Cn't cal MTN's yeye 15mb & co data sha If yhu have 2GB,yhu can say yhu have 2000 MB naa...call it watever...they are one & same...just a marra of conversion.

2gig is 2000 MB. you are right.
but,
after saying: seven hundred, eight hundred, nine hundred, why do you say "one thousand" instead of "Ten hundred "

when you have less than 1mb, maybe 900kb, will you also call it MB?

Dollarjunkie: I just wasted my MB opening this thread.








But on a lighter note, I was taught and have known "data" to be unprocessed information. The OP is wrong as well by calling DataBundle "data".
I may be wrong shaaa, but I don't think so

Thanks a lot for correcting me. it is called data bundle . at least we are all learning now. instead of continuing calling it MB

I am new to Nairaland and I have learnt a lot since I joined this forum. In my opinion, anyone who comes here and doesn't learn anything at the end of the day is not a human being.

Ever since I started visiting the phone section, I have noticed a lot of people call the internet browsing bundle "MB".
I hear things like "you get mb?"
"yes"
" how many mb you get? "
"I get 2gig"

This is wrong. It is called "DATA" not "MB"
Megabytes "MB" is a unit of data.
Data is measured in BYTES (B), KILOBYTES(KB), MEGABYTES(MB), GIGABYTES(GB), TERABYTES, ETC.

Please next time, don't say "I have wasted my MB" but say "have wasted my data"
Don't say "Airtel free mb" but say "Airtel free data"

let's correct this impression please.

runzlord: re u in sain? mediatek?

your English teacher is very corrupt. may thunder fire him.

@ post, I don't understand what makes this the best tablet in the world.
.mediatek
.2 gig RAM
.etc.

Which story make we believe? I have seen this picture on NL few months ago.

It was said that the dead girl accompanied her friend to see another friend and she met her death there in the bush and the okada man that took them there who sensed foul play reported to the police station.

Now another story Don follow the same picture.