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Problem Downloading Large File
I have a large file (100GB) on Dropbox for which I've sent a link for a third party to download. That party has a professional optical fiber connection (1 giga). The party has advised that the file ...
Hi, Alexis. That's really two options, not four:
1. Synchronise using the Dropbox app (for which both recipient and sender have to have Dropbox paid accounts for a file of any substantial size).
2. Generate a link (either using explorer or from the web site), send it to the intended recipient and then they can only download via the browser web interface, which we all seem to agree is inherently unreliable.
There are a number of file transfer services that efficiently handle large files. Signiant and Aspera both offer, for example, such services, but there are a plethora of others. They seem to use a locally downloaded app to run and manage the download. With the technology Dropbox already has in its synch app, I would think that it would be reasonably easy to adapt this to work as a separate app that simply downloads to a local folder. I believe having this as an option would increase the number of people paying to use the service (as senders). I upgraded to get such a service (being able to send large files). I already had enough storage space to handle sending smaller files via my Dropbox. Overall I am disappointed that I wasn't told before paying that the service was not suitable for transferring files above a couple of GB in size.
