Really? Excepy for the lack of decent upload speeds-have you tried uploading 5GB all at once to share something with a friend...not until 10+ Mbps is the easily accessible standard will we see the end of USB flash drives methinks! :P
> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:40:37 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] $1000 / yr for 1TB of Cloud? > > The cloud drive service is targeted at consumers, rather than > businesses. So, how many consumers would be willing to spend $1000 / yr > for 1 TB of off-line backup in these days of super dirt cheap TBs and > still slow upload speeds? > > Interestingly, you can get 5GB from Amazon, 5 GB from SugarSync, and 2 > GB from Dropbox without doing anything beyond opening an account. For > short term projects, that's plenty of cloud storage. It's a boom for > anyone who takes work between multiple locations. The end of the > thumb/flash drive. > > On 3/30/2011 7:16 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: > > Just saw this over at HardOCP: > > > > https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmore > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:51:38 -0500, Winterlight > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> small business, like medical corporations, Law firms, Architectural, > >> Development, companies ...any that makes a lot of money and doesn't > >> have a dedicated IT department. Being able to auto backup, off site, > >> incrementaly, saftly, with a reliable source for a grand a year is a > >> bargain > >> > >> At 06:02 PM 3/29/2011, you wrote: > >>> This seems weird to me. Amazon is offering 1TB of cloud for $1000/yr. > >>> So, you can keep your stuff backed up & sync'ed for $1000/yr. Hehe. > >>> Who exactly is going to go for this? For way less than that, I can > >>> get several 1TB HDs and cycle backup drives to/from the office or > >>> even a safe in the PO. And who has fast enough upload speeds to > >>> make backing this data up online feasible? > >>> > >>> While I like using the cloud, I can't see this model. Well, maybe > >>> it would work for all new stuff you create starting today. At that > >>> rate, the backups would be small and gradual. > >>> > >>> Do you guys think we will all come to depend on the cloud for > >>> backing up all our data? Does it make sense for us data hogs? Hey, > >>> I know it doesn't make sense for some of YOU data hogs! :) > >> > > > >
