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anon125
Explorer
Sep 09, 2014

uploading pix to storage

we want to try uploading a folder of pix - say 200 pix at 5MB each, to an online storage place. many times.
in the western states at least rest areas and RV parks have WIFI.
and we might get one of those things you stick into the USB on our old laptop (win7/64) from ATT or virgin that gives us internet on the road.
we don't have smart phones but we will get a gophone from at&t -
but that way of uploading would probably be very expensive.
which way is fastest?
does the storage site actually make any difference? Shutterfly? Adrive, flickr photobucket?
thanks all
PS not interested in sharing pixs at this point
PPS should I zip the files?

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    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Sep 09, 2014
    Well, 200 pix at 5MB each is 1 gig. You'll pretty much need your own internet source to do that since I would imagine the upload speed of free Wi-Fi is going to be pretty slow and would take a very long time. You could do a few at a time I suppose.

    And I don't know what you mean by "many times". You want to upload the same folder many times?

    You'll need to check on the storage capacity of each site depending on if you want free or if you're going to pay for storage.

    If you're archiving .jpg's then they're already compressed so zipping them won't do much.

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