Before I start, I'd like to state that I'm not a mathematician, and it's entirely possible that I've made an error while researching this post. So please comment and correct me if this is indeed the case.
The following hyperbolic quotation is located on the Vodafone UK site with regards to its iPhone price plans:
You also get a staggering 1GB of data - enough for 10,000 web pages, over 16 hours of streaming video and generally getting the best from your iPhone apps.
16 hours of streaming video with a 1GB allowance? Let's look at some figures. 1GB data is equal to 1,048,576 KB. 16 hours is equal to 57,600 seconds. Which brings us to a staggering bitrate of 18.2KB/s. In perspective, the BBC iPlayer iPhone stream is approximately 512KB/s. Admittedly 18.2KB/s is fine if you don't care about making out the faces of any people you're watching.
Don't take the title of this post seriously; my tongue is lodged firmly within my cheek.
