What are some options for transferring large files without using the Internet?
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My employer's Internet connection is extremely slow. It's $6,000 a month, 9 Mb, bonded T1, shared by over 150 users. It's not untypical to see regular file transfer speeds of 20-100 KBps. And that was after I convinced upper management to upgrade - before it was $3,000 a month for 3Mb. There are no other carriers in the area with better prices or speeds. When I need to download a large file (which is frequently), I drive 40 miles back home, use my $60 a month 20 Mb FiOS connection, download the file in ten minutes, and drive back in less time than it would take me to just download the file at work (this is efficient for files greater than 500 megabytes, depending on the congestion of the network). After more than a year doing this and more and more frequent downloads, I'm at my wits' end. I am seriously contemplating raising carrier pigeons to fly back and forth between my home and office to transfer the files. Assuming a pigeon is carrying a 16 GB MicroSD card and can fly at a speed …
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Here's a crazy idea. If you're within 100 km or so of a populated area, use an ISP in town, set up a wireless network, and make a point-to-point link using a pair of woks. More generally, see long range Wi-Fi; apparently some guys have set up a 300 km, 12-to-48 Mb/s link, using 2 satellite dishes with no special amplification. You could check if more conventional wireless broadband or power-line internet is available in your area. Edit: Your user profile says you're in California, so wi-fi will…
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