Moving “Big” Data – Even with the prevalence of broadband internet connections, large files take more time to move than smaller files. Various file-size limitations, some imposed by browsers, some by OS and others by your ISP also get in your way. Currently (2017) there are also bandwidth / file size limitations which conspire...
Recently I came across the website Tinyupload.com, offering free file hosting and file sharing services for files 25MB maximum in size. This is a very good option if you do not have email or other file-sharing resources for files of this size. I tested...
Email servers may reject email with very large file attachments; how large varies by server. However, files as small as 1MB may be rejected, although today this is unlikely. One solution to this limitation is via the Filelink feature in the Thunderbird email client....
When you need to send large volumes of emails to your customers, you need a bulk email service for speed and efficiency. The email service can ensure that you...
ShareFile has the following features: Send and receive files up to 10GB Ensure compliance with state/federal security regulations Provide clients with a 24/7 portal to access documents Create online...
iTwin allows you to securely access your entire hard drive remotely. iTwin is a USB device. Plug one half into an online computer, plug the other half into any...
At one time running your own FTP server was THE way to go if you wanted to share or move large files anywhere. Today it may not make sense...
There are many free file hosting sites. There are none that have unlimited file upload or unlimited online storage that I am aware of. But it is hard to...
Just use email to send big files. Split them, zip them. And use email that supports big attachments. Remember, your mailbox limits the amount of data you can receive....
FTP sites are vanishing. Victims of new technologies and pressure to shutdown from copyright infringement law enforcement. Hotfile Free service has a maximum file size 400 MB. Must register...
Pando A free file sharing application for downloading, streaming and sharing large media files. Must install the software on your computer. From the Pando site: Publish downloadable videos,...
Why split a large file? Breaking a file into smaller pieces provides the very large advantage of overcoming the 2 GB limit imposed by some browsers. By splitting files...
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ Amazon S3 is file storage for the Internet. Not to be confused with Amazon’s cloud computing offering, Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon...
Another means of sharing files is by serving them over a port 80 HTTP connection, that is a web server. Most people have their internet connection via a Dynamic...
Although the P2P model is based on sharing files with many users with everyone acting as a host, many P2P applications can also be configured to only share files...
Split and Zip: In addition to splitting files you can also use data compression before you upload. Probably always a good practice
A download manager is software dedicated to downloading files. There are several advantages to using download manager; recover from errors, restart failed or interrupted downloads without having to start...
Split and Zip: In addition to splitting files you can also use data compression before you upload. Probably always a good practice, however in lossless data compression some files...
Some ISPs have throttled (limited) the bandwidth of subscribes who the ISPs see as “Bandwidth Hogs”. For more on this topic see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling
Limitations in 32bit browsers may prevent you from uploading files larger than 2 gigabytes. Some 64 bit browsers, like Internet explorer 64bit, v. 8 and all versions of Firefox...
Some Statistics The median upload speed from the speedmatters.org test was 435 kilobits per second (kbps) US broadband average speed: 3.9 Mbps Average Global Download Speed: 1.5 Mbps U.S....
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