Befriend a U student and use their student account... :) Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:58:57 To: TCLUG Mailing List<tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Reply-to: jus at krytosvirus.com, TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Best places for uploading 3.2 GB of files Minneapolis wifi should give you a Meg of upload. Its not free in most places of course and the speed is not guarenteed. Depending on where you're sending it some places will let you ship a DVD to them and they'll copy off for you locally. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:30:47 To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: [tclug-list] Best places for uploading 3.2 GB of files The five editions of Swift Linux are a combined total of 3.2 GB. Where can I get a fast Wifi UPLOAD connection that can handle this much data? My home Internet connection is rated at only 384 kbps for uploading (half the download speed), or 48 kB/sec. At that speed, it takes nearly 20 hours to upload 3.2 GB (nearly 4 hours per file). That's a long time, but that's not the worst part. In the interest of safety, I unplug my computer during thunderstorms. (I unplug the surge protectors from the electrical outlet AND the phone line.) This means that it takes much longer than 20 hours to upload everything if I have to keep everything unplugged when I'm asleep or not at home. While I know of places with a fast Wifi connection for downloading files, I'm having difficulty finding places with a fast Wifi connection for uploading files. The fastest upload connections I've had have been 200-300 kB/sec, and that's if I'm very lucky. In the most optimistic scenario, that's 3 hours for all five files, or just over half an hour per file. But getting a 300 kB/sec connection is a big if. Also, if I'm in a place with a Wifi connection, I can't leave my laptop running unattended, so I'm stuck there. I have to wait for the file to finish uploading. When you have HUGE amounts of data to upload, what's your solution? Do you have a T1 line? Are there places with very fast Wifi connections? -- Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list