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  • 20-05-2008 4:34pm
    #1
    kcb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 992 ✭✭✭


    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


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    Cork Skate
    Registered Users Posts: 884 ✭✭✭Cork Skate


    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?


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


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


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    Cork Skate
    Registered Users Posts: 884 ✭✭✭Cork Skate


    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.


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    kcb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 992 ✭✭✭kcb


    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.


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    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.


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


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    kcb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 992 ✭✭✭kcb


    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


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    MunsterCycling
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    3meg Up?


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    MunsterCycling wrote: »
    3meg Up?
    It should be 384 kbps up with the 3 Mbps package.


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


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


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    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    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? :)


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    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.


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    Snowbat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    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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