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One of the main barriers for me in storing files on the cloud is the utterly slow upload speeds with most internet providers.
I always laugh at the idea that Dropbox can replace the USB stick... it's not gonna happen with me when my upload is capped at about 180K per second. Now if upload speeds are 1M/s or more, then I'd like to explore this idea more even though 1M/s is still slow compared to transferring files directly to a USB stick.
I like the idea of storing my files on the cloud and have been doing so a long time ago (at least with the smaller but important files anyways).. but something needs to be done about the snail-slow upload speeds before this could take off..
I'm getting 7 Mbps up on Cox Preferred plan, but this wasn't always the case. Yesterday I upgraded from an old docsis 2.0 cable modem to 3.0, and now I'm getting about 8 Mbps more download than I even pay for, and about 15 Mbps more download than I ever actually experienced... Upload went from around 3 or 4 to 7.
Long story short, definitely consider your equipment and ensure it's using the latest standards, assuming your ISP's network supports them.
I'm getting 7 Mbps up on Cox Preferred plan, but this wasn't always the case. Yesterday I upgraded from an old docsis 2.0 cable modem to 3.0, and now I'm getting about 8 Mbps more download than I even pay for, and about 15 Mbps more download than I ever actually experienced... Upload went from around 3 or 4 to 7.
Long story short, definitely consider your equipment and ensure it's using the latest standards, assuming your ISP's network supports them.
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If you want to use Cloud Computing, use Cable, not DSL?
If you want to use Cloud Computing, use Cable, not DSL?
I guess that would depend on what you're doing and what your DSL speeds are. Before I had cable, my DSL was at least conducive to using DropBox. I definitely had more bandwidth than you, though. So I guess the real translation is that since your issue isn't ubiquitous, the concept of cloud computing isn't limited by solely your experiences.
Aside from bandwidth limitations, though, another cool factor involved with something like DropBox is that, unlike a USB stick, it's far easier to share and work on files with people all over the country. I can't imagine mailing all the USB sticks required to achieve that level of collaboration.
I guess that would depend on what you're doing and what your DSL speeds are. Before I had cable, my DSL was at least conducive to using DropBox. I definitely had more bandwidth than you, though. So I guess the real translation is that since your issue isn't ubiquitous, the concept of cloud computing isn't limited by solely your experiences.
Aside from bandwidth limitations, though, another cool factor involved with something like DropBox is that, unlike a USB stick, it's far easier to share and work on files with people all over the country. I can't imagine mailing all the USB sticks required to achieve that level of collaboration.
I'm already using the 2nd fastest speed AT&T UVerse plan available in my area.. and the fastest one is 2x faster in upload speed but still vastly slower than the minimum speed needed to achieve an acceptable upload speed for dropbox.
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