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I've tried Google drive, but it takes ages. Flickre is on the way out, I don't have much money and I used portable sticks. What would you recommend please?
It's good if you want more than photo storage. If you are just interested in photos like me then Amazon prime is best value as far as I know. Rest of my important files which are mainly docs easily fit on the 15GB free from Google docsLately, I often come across positive feedback of Amazon storage, but personally, I'm not familiar with it. Also, how about Dropbox?
I've tried Google drive, but it takes ages. Flickre is on the way out, I don't have much money and I used portable sticks. What would you recommend please?
Photo's preferably. Sorry I haven't answered becaue I didn't click the watch thread option. I've never heard of Backblaze.What is it you’re looking to backup
What is it about Google drive that takes ages?
Amazon storage
Photos, probably option 2What kind of "back up" do you want?
What numbers do you get from speedtest?The photos when they upload, even one at a time. Took all night to download even one. Amazon storage charges doesn't it? Dropbox is ok, but it charges after a while.
Keep gettingWhat numbers do you get from speedtest?
I am with Amazon prime, does that mean I can get free storage too?
Keep getting
PAGE ERROR
with it
Refreshed page and got
21
DOWNLOAD Mbps
9.45
UPLOAD Mbps
0.52
whatever that means
I am not sure what your issue with Google drive is, could you clarify?
Does that mean I'm slow and need to go to fibre?If you consistently get numbers like that, then your connection is slow, especially for uploads (from your computer to the cloud service). Mbps = Megabits per second. 1 bit = 1/8 of a byte, so 0.52 Megabits per second = 0.065 Megabytes per second. So it would take just over 15 seconds to upload a megabyte, or over 5 minutes to upload a single 20 Megabyte raw file (roughly what your D5300 outputs). Unfortunately, although your numbers are on the low side for a standard broadband connection, they may well be limited by the quality of your local phone connection rather than the ISP, and it may not be possible to get a dramatically better connection without paying for fibre broadband, which will generally be at least 9 Megabits per second for upload (~17 times faster) and at least 35 Megabits per second for download.
Pretty much.Does that mean I'm slow and need to go to fibre?
You can probably do a lot better than Sky on price, and setting up may just involve swapping out the router:Only thing is they charge a fortune for it, and I need help seting it up.
Thats my biggest problem that it’s not competitive. I would love to go fibre but don’t want to be held to ransom as they hike prices after the deal reroof. Whilst I haven’t experienced super fast broadband at home I’m not going to miss it.You can probably do a lot better than Sky on price, and setting up may just involve swapping out the router:
https://broadband.moneysavingexpert.com/fibre-broadband-deals
This assumes you have the option - in some areas the infrastructure hasn't been upgraded to support competitive fibre providers (looks like Rob has this problem). Note also that some companies hike the price when the initial deal runs out, so be prepared to change again or re-negotiate in a years's time.
can you recommend a external hard drive make please?external HDD
can you recommend a external hard drive make please?
Does that mean I'm slow and need to go to fibre?
I've heard Seagate is good?
I was thinking of doing that. How much does a 2tb hold please?To back up my files I've used Seagate external drives for years and had no problems at all with any of them.
Hate to break this to you, but those speeds are wildly wrong, 4G doesn't come close to 50GB/Sec, in fact not even 50MB/Sec, the measurement would be in Mb/sec (Megabits, not megabytes MB or gigabytes GB)The speeds you can get depend on the time of day but I can easily get 50GB/Sec download and 20-30GB/Sec upload - ATM 80MB/sec down and 50GB/Sec up.
Hate to break this to you, but those speeds are wildly wrong, 4G doesn't come close to 50GB/Sec, in fact not even 50MB/Sec, the measurement would be in Mb/sec (Megabits, not megabytes MB or gigabytes GB)