File Transfer

kcb · 20-05-2008 3:34pm #1

For work purposes... what are our options for transferring large files to a client?

Tried FTP which takes quite a long time for each transfer

Cork Skate · 20-05-2008 3:44pm

kcb wrote: »

For work purposes... what are our options for transferring large files to a client?

Tried FTP which takes quite a long time for each transfer

Is the user on the network or remote?

calex71 · 20-05-2008 3:50pm

If the client is remote then any transfer is only going to be as fast as your upload speed and their download speed.

Cork Skate · 20-05-2008 4:12pm

Dont know if you have MS Office licenses or not but .... Microsoft Groove could be a good option for you here. Depends on the time frames, when users need the data.

If that doesn't work, burn to DVDs, could be an option.

kcb · 20-05-2008 4:49pm

Thanks lads.

The client is remote. Their download speed would be good. We are on a eircom broadband.

I'll take a look at that Groove sw.

Cheers.

Khannie · 20-05-2008 5:21pm

kcb wrote: »

We are on a eircom broadband.

This is your bottleneck. You should have a look at zipping (or, even better, raring) the file to make it smaller before attempting to transfer it.

challengemaster · 20-05-2008 5:24pm

Eircom bb.. with what speed connection? You're upload speed must be dire, especially if it's shared out over an office.

kcb · 21-05-2008 5:52pm

challengemaster wrote: »

Eircom bb.. with what speed connection? You're upload speed must be dire, especially if it's shared out over an office.

3Meg

MunsterCycling · 21-05-2008 7:28pm

3meg Up?

ethernet · 22-05-2008 9:28am

MunsterCycling wrote: »

3meg Up?

It should be 384 kbps up with the 3 Mbps package.

L31mr0d · 22-05-2008 10:09am

Burn the file to a CD and post it to them.

challengemaster · 22-05-2008 12:18pm

Idd, burn a cd. It wont take as long tbh.

no good them being able to download at 10 times what you can actually upload at, is it?

Anti · 22-05-2008 12:20pm

If you are from a decent sized business, why not just geat a leased eircom line with 10mb up and down ? Its not cheap though.

Snowbat · 22-05-2008 8:12pm

You could also take a look at the broadband packages available from wireless providers in your area, many of which are symmetric (same upload and download speed). Magnet have symmetric wireless packages. Irish Broadband have symmetric wireless and SDSL packages.

http://www.getbroadband.ie/ click the business user tab, select your location then sort by upload speed.

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