Big File Sending
Do you ever want to share a file or two with family, friends, or colleagues? There have always been ways to do this. The most popular way that everyone knows about is to use email attachments. And this works well when the file is just a few megabytes, but for larger files other methods are required. For some FTP would be the ideal solution to all your troubles. I have been using it for years. However FTP is not for everyone. Once you know how to use it, it is pretty simple, but not so many do. What we need here is something as simple as sending a URL and the rest is self explanatory. There are many services that do this:
This service allows uploads of up to 100MB for it’s free service, with an option to upgrade to a premium service. The premium service includes 1GB of storage space for up to 1 year for $10. The site places emphasis on privacy. When you create a drop, you don’t need to enter anything! Just upload the file, and optionally place a password. On both the free and the premium versions, there are many ways to interface with your drop including email, voice mail, fax, an embeddable widget, and of course the web URL.
This one works directly with the email address of the recipient and yourself. There is a free service which allows up to 100MB and also tiered premium services. Premium service will cost quite a bit more than Drop.io, starting from a $9.99 per month account which offers 2GB maximum transfer with a 40GB cap on download bandwidth. Depending on the account you want though, you can spend up to $2999.99 per year, which allows 25 users, Unlimited bandwidth, and 60GB storage space.
The free account with DropSend offers 250MB of online storage, but limits the number of sends per month to 5. The premium accounts here are also tiered and offer no more than 1GB maximum file size, but up to 500GB storage space. The gist of this pricing schedule is that more dollars equals both more sends and more storage capacity. Those dollars amounts range from $5 to $99 monthly. DropSend does offer a desktop component for both PCs and Macs that allows you to upload without visiting the site.
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