Do the math. Assume 2 Mega-bits per second (quite fast for home users) UPLOAD speed (usually significantly slower that the download speed), 500 giga-bytes of data, 50% of your bandwidth, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those conditions will take 1.3 YEARS just to upload the data -- no packet overhead, server delays, checksums, re-transmission, etc.
1.3 Years!!!
Do you leave your PC on 24/7? Do you allow a backup solution to take 50% of your bandwidth?
If we drop to 10% bandwidth, 24/7, it will take 6.49 YEARS to transfer that same 500GB.
It could be easily solved by Carbonite or any other company (like Cucko), simply by sending a hard drive out, backing up the first time, sending the hard drive back, company puts the data online, with incremental backups from then on. The is exactly what Carbonite does, in reverse, when you need to restore your complete system. Why not it at the front end?
Backups and translations into "future format" is an "opportunity" for someone....
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