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Leros

Leros

Lifer
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I have a friend who is trying to send me a few 1.5GB files. She's not great with computers so trying to get her to use FTP would be difficult. Her computer doesn't have an optical drive so burning a disc is non-trivial.

We tried wetransfer.com which offers free 2GB uploads and is pretty simple to use, but it keeps dropping out and losing the upload. Any suggestions for a similar service?
 
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Jeff7

Jeff7

Lifer
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IronWing said:
Mail an SD card?
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- Fill a 1TB hard drive. (1,000,000,000,000 bytes = 8,000,000,000,000 bits)
- Send by Priority Mail. Assume 3 days transit.
- 3 days = 259,200 seconds.
- Enjoy 30.8Mbps effective transfer rate, with massive latency.:whiste:


What about a Remote Desktop sort of thing? I don't know how difficult that is to set up though, or if it can even be used for file transfers. :\
 
Leros

Leros

Lifer
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Jeff7 said:
- Fill a 1TB hard drive. (1,000,000,000,000 bytes = 8,000,000,000,000 bits)
- Send by Priority Mail. Assume 3 days transit.
- 3 days = 259,200 seconds.
- Enjoy 30.8Mbps effective transfer rate, with massive latency.:whiste:


What about a Remote Desktop sort of thing? I don't know how difficult that is to set up though, or if it can even be used for file transfers. :\
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I don't know. She's using Windows 7 on some sort of small laptop. I was hoping she could just upload to some service (even if it took a few days) and that'd be it.

Dropbox might be a good solution. We'd have to do it in two parts since there is a 2GB free limit.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

Lifer
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Leros said:
I don't know. She's using Windows 7 on some sort of small laptop. I was hoping she could just upload to some service (even if it took a few days) and that'd be it.

Dropbox might be a good solution. We'd have to do it in two parts since there is a 2GB free limit.
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Yeah, could always do a split archive with WinRAR, or maybe 7-zip.



jpiniero said:
Uh.... AIM? (Or something similar).
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Maybe you've had better luck than I have, but I've found IM file transfer to be quite prone to dropouts. A large file like that would probably never finish.
 
lsv

lsv

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Just get dropbox, seriously. Look at everyone suggesting a direct file transfer. What a joke.
 
KeithP

KeithP

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Well if DropBox doesn't work out, send her to a store for a 8GB thumb drive. Drop the files on it and mail it to you.

-Keith
 
Leros

Leros

Lifer
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Dropbox is not as simple her for.

1) She needs to install something and signup.
2) She puts 3GB of stuff in the shared folder and its not obvious to her when its uploaded and when I have it.

A direct upload is pretty simple because she know when her responsibility is over.

I've been trying to find the simplest solution that requires the least amount of effort for her. PipeBytes is working pretty good so far.
 
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Jeff7 said:
- Fill a 1TB hard drive. (1,000,000,000,000 bytes = 8,000,000,000,000 bits)
- Send by Priority Mail. Assume 3 days transit.
- 3 days = 259,200 seconds.
- Enjoy 30.8Mbps effective transfer rate, with massive latency.:whiste:
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I'm going to emerge from lurkerdom for a moment to point out that this post is FULL of win.. I laughed for a solid minute.
 
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