Cjaiceman
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join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO | Good Idea
This could turn out to be a very useful tool, but it could also turn out to be a flopper. With the deep pockets of Google though I don't think this would fail. Would be a nice way to backup some files to an off-site location... |
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P Ness
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| as long as they are a bit more private then some of their other services...seems there will be some way to insert ads into your files they will find it
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digital k
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join:2003-12-25 | reply to Cjaiceman
Enjoy it before Google shuts em down.
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chakey
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join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ
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Isn't this something you can do already (although not with the blessing of Google?) If this becomes a Google-sanctioned project, I wonder if the 10MB per file limit will be lifted? |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
1 edit | Cant Wait... and wait...
Good news, expectially since Y! gave up that vibe long ago.
http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/03/06/y-drive-online-storage-that-appears-like-another-drive-on-you/
I would love to see this service from Google. I am just extremely sceptical... about it being in BETA for the rest of enternity like many of their other services.
As far as Im concerned Google is a publicly traded company operating privately! 
EDIT: Found the article about the old Y! Drive:
http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/03/06/y-drive-online-storage-that-appears-like-another-drive-on-you/ |
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iDonDon
join:2001-12-21
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Nothing Special
Its just in response to Microsoft's aquisition on foldershare »www.foldershare.com
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ropeguru
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Bridgeport, WV
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Re: Good Idea
said by P Ness  :as long as they are a bit more private then some of their other services...seems there will be some way to insert ads into your files they will find it Was exactly my first thught. Except my thought wasn't ads, but the scanning of all your files to extract any information that might be useful for thier marketing purposes or to extract and sell to anyone that wants to ante up.
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King75
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| I doubt they sell any data they mine. While their privacy policies aren't the best they aren't the worst either. I can see them scanning file types and names and then offering ads on whatever type of application that is used to access those files. However, if this does come to fruition I think they would allow users to map their GDrive bypassing all of those ads. (Much as you can use POP3 with gmail and see no ads.) I doubt they will scan inside files unless you chose to open the file as HTML (The option they have when you do a web search and find PDF files. |
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pnh102
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | I'm Lost...
How does Google make the money needed to give out all this free stuff? Surely sponsored ads cannot be bringing in that much cash.
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TKJunkMail
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|  Good idea, but upload speeds limit utility
If Google does this it would be used by many many people. But the usefulness is limited somewhat by the upload speeds available to most internet users. With those limits you can certainly upload some important files(there are security issues to be considered though). But if you are considering backing up whole drives worth of music, videos, etc, then the upload speed limits become an issue.
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powaking
join:2003-02-18
Fall River, MA | Use it like an ftp service if you use FireFox
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
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join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
|  reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :If Google does this it would be used by many many people. But the usefulness is limited somewhat by the upload speeds available to most internet users. With those limits you can certainly upload some important files(there are security issues to be considered though). But if you are considering backing up whole drives worth of music, videos, etc, then the upload speed limits become an issue. Not for Verzion FIOS or OOL users!
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD
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1 edit | said by imtim83 :Not for Verzion FIOS or OOL users! While FIOS and OOL do have significantly faster upload speeds than the average HSI connection... 1-2 Mbps still ain't that great when someone is considering backing Gigs worth of information.
The math:
10GB = 85,899,345,920 bits @ 2Mbps = 12 Hours
That assuming a perfect 2Mbps sustain speed. If you're still getting the old 1Mbps with OOL, simply double that number. So, for music, videos, etc... even the relatively fast uploads of FIOS and OOL won't make this real attractive. I think I'd rather just buy a USB bus-powered hard drive and carry that around.
For more important things... that I would really want off-site... sure, bring it on.
Edit: Because I love numbers... here's an estimate for 10GB at some different speeds:
10GB @ 128k = 186 Hours
10GB @ 256k = 93 Hours
10GB @ 384k = 62 Hours
10GB @ 512k = 47 Hours
10GB @ 768k = 31 Hours
At that's all assuming utilizing a perfect 100% bandwidth with no overhead. |
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
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join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
| said by phantom6294 :said by imtim83 :Not for Verzion FIOS or OOL users! While FIOS and OOL do have significantly faster upload speeds than the average HSI connection... 1-2 Mbps still ain't that great when someone is considering backing Gigs worth of information. The math: 10GB = 85,899,345,920 bits @ 2Mbps = 12 Hours That assuming a perfect 2Mbps sustain speed. If you're still getting the old 1Mbps with OOL, simply double that number. So, for music, videos, etc... even the relatively fast uploads of FIOS and OOL won't make this real attractive. I think I'd rather just buy a USB bus-powered hard drive and carry that around. For more important things... that I would really want off-site... sure, bring it on. Verzion FIOS has 5 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier and OOL has 100 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier.
I know the Verzion FIOS tier with 5 Mbps upload speed is only $59.99
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD
·Comcast
| said by imtim83 :Verzion FIOS has 5 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier and OOL has 100 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier. I know the Verzion FIOS tier with 5 Mbps upload speed is only $59.99 Whoops, I did forget about the FIOS tier with 5Mbps upload. However, I was unaware OOL had a residential tier with 100Mbps upload. |
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Chris 313
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| said by phantom6294 :said by imtim83 :Verzion FIOS has 5 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier and OOL has 100 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier. I know the Verzion FIOS tier with 5 Mbps upload speed is only $59.99 Whoops, I did forget about the FIOS tier with 5Mbps upload. However, I was unaware OOL had a residential tier with 100Mbps upload. It is residential as far as I can remember but only the hard core people with money to burn could afford this as last I checked no price on this was announced. |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
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| What's the big deal?
This has been around b4. Remember I-drive and others like it from the good ol' warez dayz. Me personally I am beginning not to trust google. Yeah I love conspiracy but google going over the top with the ad-sense technology. Stop scanning stuff. My firefox scripts block more google scripts than akaimai or doubleclick combined, ok that's exaggeration, but google getting a little to big for me to like. |
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imtim83
You All Deserve The Economic Meltdown
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join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA
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Re: Good idea, but upload speeds limit utility
said by Chris 313 :said by phantom6294 :said by imtim83 :Verzion FIOS has 5 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier and OOL has 100 Mbps upload speed with their fastest tier. I know the Verzion FIOS tier with 5 Mbps upload speed is only $59.99 Whoops, I did forget about the FIOS tier with 5Mbps upload. However, I was unaware OOL had a residential tier with 100Mbps upload. It is residential as far as I can remember but only the hard core people with money to burn could afford this as last I checked no price on this was announced. Then there is always the 50Mbps tier for both download and upload speeds!
Doesn't mean its to expensive if we never heard how much it cost yet.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to pnh102
Re: I'm Lost...
I'm with pnh. Ads don't pull in that much money, they certainly won't pay for the kind of bandwidth suckage that would go on with an offsite file storage service.
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Shark_615
join:2006-01-17
Pickering, ON | Yes they do. |
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