Hey Ben
We're using Aspera here.  Works great.
steve

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
>   I'm looking for a file transfer hosting service which can do the
> following:
>
> A1. Needs no client beyond a web browser
> A2. Accept files at least 5 gigabytes in size
> A3. Accept files from guests
> A4. Send files to guests
> A5. Doesn't allow guests to see files of other guests
>
>   The intended use is for marketing people to mail huge video files around.
>
>   "Guest" means people without an account on the service/system.  We'd
> like to be able to email someone a link, saying, "Go to this URL and
> upload the files there", without requiring them to enroll in a service
> or pay a fee just for them.  Kind of like YouSendIt, but in reverse.
> (Presumably the links would need to expire after some time to avoid
> becoming a denial-of-service exposure.)
>
>   I'm finding many services have a 2 gigabyte limit.  Some of these
> videos are now hitting that limit.  This applies to YouSendIt and
> Box.net at least.  (The 5 GB number is arbitrary but gives me
> something to shoot for.)
>
>   DropBox, MS SkyDrive, Google Drive, are okay on the file size limit,
> but you need an account to do anything, as far as I can tell.
>
>   FTP is considered "too complicated" for the intended audience.  If
> it can't be done in a web browser it's out.
>
>   We need to avoid anything that requires client-side software.  If
> that's offered as an option, that's fine, but it has to have a
> web-only way as well.
>
>   We expect to pay for this.
>
>   Any suggestions?
>
> -- Ben
>
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