Re: Need Your Help :) I'm Just About Creating File Uploading Service

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:27:38PM -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: <snip> >> We are talking about unlimited file-size hosting so that means that we >> will have to stream the files somehow... and they will be BIG (it's >> defendant, >> about 700MB~ each) > > Then I suggest setting up a torrent instead of direct download. > You can have protected torrents. I don't know how to set them up but I > use them - there's a torrent site that requires I log in from the same > IP as I'm running the torrent client from, for example. A torrent is only fast or faster because you can get various pieces of the file from various peers or servers on the internet, simultaneously. I don't expect that people uploading their private photos of their girlfriends want them shared in any way, except with the eventual recipient. Paul -- Paul M. Foster