Hi. I hope tom the list owner doesn't mind this post since it isn't audio related unless the file sharing is audio related. I have a lot of experience with Send Space and think I can help.
Firstly. Drop Box is quite popular but there are drawbacks. One I heard about on another list is if there are too many downloads of your file it tends to freeze and ceases working. I don't use Dropbox so I'm only going on what others who do say. As for Send Space? I use it all the time and I have a paid account. You can use Send Space for uploads and downloads freely but there are some drawbacks and some of them serious. With the free user option you can upload as many files as you please, it is unlimited but the max file size is 300mg. So you can upload as many files as you want in any 24 hour period without limit provided the file does not exceed 300mg. You can download freely also but you have a maximum download limit of 1gig in a 24 hour period. The new 1gig limit renews it's self at midnight U.S. East Coast time. If you use the free download option you will be faced with loads of adverts and if you click on any of these you risk getting infected. Many users of the free service have complained they get Trojans from these links. I have never had that experience when using the free service but enough have complained about it to suggest there must be something in it. However if you don't click on the links you should be fine. If you use the free service to upload files then once they have been uploaded, these files remain on the server for 7 days and then Send Space will delete them. There is one other account you can have witch is a compromise between free users and paid accounts and that is Send Space light. With this account you can upload and create folders in a similar way to a Max account holder but if you want to download then you download as a free user and you cannot use the Send Space wizard. Files that are stored using this account can be deleted by you but if you leave them and there is no downloads of a file with in 30 days then Send Space will delete it. OK, now for the paid accounts. There are two kinds Max and Pro. It really depends on whether you do a lot of downloading or uploading. As far as I am aware you can't have both accounts, it is either one or the other. I have a max account since I do a lot of downloading. With a max account I get an 8gig daily download limit which is really adequate. You can download up to that limit and get good download speeds compared to the free service, Depending on your connection speed. In my case I get up to 800 or 900kbs. If I use the Send Space wizard I get 1.5mg per second. You can also upload with the wizard and the upload with the wizard is much quicker than without it. You are still only allowed a max file size for upload of 300mg. With a max account you can leave your files on the Send Space server for as long as you want and can create folders and move files around. You can also set download limits either by number or by date and can if you wish password your files. Although Send Space claim the storage space is unlimited, it isn't. If you exceed 100gig then you will be notified you are breaching there fair use policy and if you don't delete files to bring your limit into line, they will. With the Pro account you pay for bandwidth. You can upload files as large as 1.5gig and have direct links for people to use and they don't have to work through adverts. This account in my opinion is only of benefit if you want to send very large files often and is probably most suited for commercial interests. With the Send Space light and the Max accounts you can gather max points for each download and once you gather 10000 points you get a 1 month Max account free or you can gift it to someone else. Send Space is very accessible and there is no capchas to cause you trouble during registration nor downloading. I have a folder containing 100gig worth of music (2000albums. If you have never used Send Space and want to see how accessible it is then I'll give you the link to my folder and you can feel free to download as much as you wish. That link is: http://www.sendspace.com/folder/kb8qb1 . If you have any problems or questions then contact me off list only. My email address is w...@blueyonder.co.uk. Walter. -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]on Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: 23 June 2010 14:28 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Sending Attachments To The List I could be wrong here..but if you had a paid account on Sendspace..you get more than 300 GB! As I said..I could be wrong! Tom Kaufman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kulvinder Bhogal" <kbhog...@btinternet.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:19 AM Subject: Re: Sending Attachments To The List > There is a limit of capacity in both cases. However, dropbox allows a > minimum of 2 gb capacity. Whereas, sendspace only allows 300 mb which is > pitiful in my opinion. > > With Dropbox the files can be shared in a couple of ways and they are, you > can either set up and share a folder between people or you can send a link > to a list such as this for people to click on and download the content > that you wish to share with them. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards. > > Kulvinder Singh Bhogal > Messenger: kulvin...@live.com > Skypename: bobba2006 > Mobile: +447792888797 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.ta...@sbcglobal.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:01 AM > Subject: Re: Sending Attachments To The List > > >> Good evening Tom and listmembers. >> >> In terms of anyone's direct experience, how does Dropbox compare in >> quality and efficiency to Sendspace as an internmediate web-based audio >> file transfer agent? What are the capacity and time limits of each? Is >> either or both free or do you need to buy subscriptions? >> Thanks in advance for your info and guidance. >> >> Cheers to you >> Rob Tabor >> Lawrence, KS/USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom" <t...@pc-audio.org> >> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:20 PM >> Subject: Re: Sending Attachments To The List >> >> >>> Yes, dropbox is a good alternative. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> ** Message From: Kulvinder Bhogal ** >>>>Or use dropbox if they have an account. >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
