Online backups:
$1.78-$4.60 per month for backup service, PLUS the faster broadband
service for home/office, PLUS the mobile data plan, PLUS the cellular
modem plan for a notebook. These can easily add up to well over
$100/mo., could be upwards of $150-$200/mo.
EXPENSIVE, unless you stay home. This works for you. That doesn't mean
it works for others.
You ignore the total cost, concentrating on the backup service and
ignoring the other costs for online access away from home.
Please tell us what the next branding for online services will be after
we get tired of hearing about clouds. OK we're tired of it now.
But thanks for bringing us back on topic. In fact, I just got our bill
for our company backups - it was $1.78 last month on Amazon S3 (you
only pay for what you use). Mozy and others offer free limited
storage, which may be enough for you. And of course, Yahoo mail,
Windows Live mail, Gmail, and others all offer lots of free cloud
email storage.
The ridiculously popular Carbonite ("Peace of Mind" backup) is only
$4.60/mo unlimited; clearly a ton of people don't find that too
expensive.
You are also incorrect about needing a continuous connection. But
obviously broadband is what makes _large_ amounts of cloud storage
tenable. And if my broadband at home wasn't so reliable, I too would
probably never consider webmail, even though gmail offers offline
access.
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