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How do you like to transfer large files between friends across the internet? (lemmy.world)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by ReducedArc@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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On occasion I find myself needing to send a file at least a few gigabytes in size to a friend across our slow ISPs but haven't found a satisfying solution. I usually end up creating a private torrent with the announce address of my own IP. Even though it's slow - it basically never reaches my max upload speed for some reason, it is at least resilient if there are ever any network glitches.

Does anyone else face this same challenge?

EDIT: Thank you for the awesome suggestions! I have some homework to do on these

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Friends I know IRL: Thumbdrives.

Friends I only know via the Internet: Torrents or IRC filesharing.

Though knowing that a homing pigeon with a thumb drive is actually faster than the fastest Internet network on the planet, maybe I should simply invest in a coop and some pigeons. πŸ€”

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Though knowing that a homing pigeon with a thumb drive is actually faster than the fastest Internet network on the planet

Depends on how big the flash drive is, I suppose. Need to send a 1GB file? Just make a torrent. Need to send 40TB? Yeah, that hard drive is getting driven across town.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps two pigeons could carry the hard drive on a string. I've heard tell of swallows that have done this with coconuts.

[–] brighteast@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly what kind of pigeons are we talking about here? Or would you recommend switching to an avian variant of the migratory type?