So you thought Terabytes were big – we need to sort our Brontobytes from Yottabytes and our Petabytes

What’s a Yottabyte?

Yottabyte: A Yottabyte is approximately 1,000 Zettabytes. It would take approximately 11 trillion years to download a yottabyte file from the Internet using high-power broadband. You can compare it to the World Wide Web as the entire Internet almost takes up a Yottabyte.

Processor or Virtual Storage

· 1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1024 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Disk Storage

· 1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1000 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1000 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1000 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1000 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1000 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Want to know more – check HERE

Trouble with your broadband – take a look at those reviewed by ISPreview

If like me you are bamboozled in trying to weigh up the pros and cons of ISPs you might be grateful for a great site that provides a wealth of information about the ISP’s you’ve heard of  – and lots of good ones that you haven’t;

 

Top 10 ISPs By Subscriber Size

BT Retail (PlusNet, Brightview) 4,700,000

Virgin Media 3,885,800

Carphone Warehouse (TalkTalk, AOL) 2,700,000

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) 1,955,000

Tiscali (Pipex) 1,774,000

Orange (France Telecom) 1,023,000

O2 (Be Unlimited) 267,090

Kingston Comms (KCOM) 195,255

THUS Group (Demon) 126,000

Entanet 

 

The top 10 you might not have heard of;

 

Top 10 Land-Line Broadband ISPs

TitanADSL 

Fast.co.uk 

Naims 

Vispa 

SurfAnyTime 

ICUK 

Aquiss 

IDNet 

UKFSN 

ADSL24

 

To see their Top 50 ISPs HERE

The SkyUser website will provide you with a test of your broadband speed plus a list of alternatives

UPDATE – this CNET tester might be better than the Sky one HERE

The SkyUser website will provide you with a test of your broadband speed plus a list of alternatives.

The site is HERE