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Old 02-19-2013 at 02:06 PM   #1
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uploading on Canadian internet?
I have a 770mb file that I need to upload. How do I upload this without it taking a century?
Old 02-19-2013 at 02:09 PM   #2
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Buy more upload speed. Most ISP's give 1 Mb/s (100 KB/s) roughly unless you specifically look and ask for it. Even then the most you get is prob 5 Mb, maybe 10 if you crank out the dollars. This is why Canadian internet is the biggest rip off monopolized thing ever.... So expensive for the worst quality.
Old 02-19-2013 at 02:15 PM   #3
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I may just buy some data from Rogers and put it through my phone rofl. my cap is 2Gb anyway.

inb4 wind fanboys

in after wind has no service.
Old 02-19-2013 at 02:26 PM   #4
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I may just buy some data from Rogers and put it through my phone rofl. my cap is 2Gb anyway.

inb4 wind fanboys

in after wind has no service.
Those last two statements weren't really needed Simon. :p
Old 02-19-2013 at 02:37 PM   #5
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Go somewhere where they have a fast connection. I know people who've gone to Future Shop and used their internet to download movies at 100mbit/s.

Large office buildings have direct fibre optic lines coming in and can have upload speeds 100x faster than you'd normally have at home. Certain places on campus should have super fast speeds but you probably won't get that through the wireless.
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lol Rogers. Wind is where ... awww :(

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Old 02-19-2013 at 09:03 PM   #7
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I don't see why you don't upload it on campus or at the city library. Most libraries have decent speeds and when I'm out of Hamilton that's where I go
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Old 02-19-2013 at 09:43 PM   #8
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its k guys i waited it out. 6 hour upload for a 770mb file gg

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its k guys i waited it out. 6 hour upload for a 770mb file gg
GG indeed hahaha.
Old 02-20-2013 at 10:15 AM   #10
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Just start the upload before sleeping (?).

Edit: Damnit, this reminded me that I downloaded Bill Russell's interview last night but didn't bring my laptop to work to watch it >_<
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Old 02-25-2013 at 02:43 PM   #12
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It's 2013 and I still send emails to myself to transfer files from one computer to another.

What about cloud computing? That is a thing that does something, right?
Old 02-25-2013 at 03:55 PM   #13
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Cloud computing is just uploading your files online where it is "forever stored elsewhere" just like any filesharing host and you access your file (stored elsewhere) through the interwebs. Example is google docs. You still need upload bandwidth and speed to upload the file. It's just "faster" since your daily school stuff (documents etc) are small in comparison to say pictures, videos (hurdur pirating)

TL;DR canadian internet is overpriced and crappy
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Indeed, this is a very serious first world problem that needs to fixed.



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