With the proliferation of rich media on the web these days, it’s not uncommon to find yourself needing to send large files to co-workers, clients or friends.\u00a0 Maybe it’s a series of high-resolution photos.\u00a0 Maybe it’s a video clip.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s a database or just a really big collection of files.<\/p>\n
Whatever the case, large files (typically anything over 10MB) cannot be sent via email.\u00a0 And even if you can send them through your ISP, there’s no guarantee that the person on the other end can receive files that large through their ISP.<\/p>\n
The solultion is to use a service that bypasses email and allows you to send large files by uploading them to a secure web site.\u00a0 There are many players in this market…some free and some not.\u00a0 Personally, I’ve used the paid-for service YouSendIt<\/strong><\/a> for quite a while…and with zero problems.<\/p>\n However, a new service has entered this market with some interesting twists.\u00a0 The service is called Memeo Send<\/strong> and they position themselves as the “UPS” of Internet file delivery.<\/p>\n In fact, in their user interface, they visually track the progress of large files you send much like a real package is tracked.<\/p>\n But most interesting to me is that Memeo Send<\/strong> is a pay-as-you-go service.\u00a0 In other words, you only pay for what you use.\u00a0 You purchase a block of credits and then those credits are used on a “per file sent” basis.<\/p>\n This differs from nearly all other paid-for services (like YouSendIt) where you pay a set monthly fee.\u00a0 That means even if you don’t send a file during the month, you still get charged the full monthly fee.<\/p>\n I haven’t had the opportunity to test Memeo Send yet, but I plan to.\u00a0 And if it’s fast, reliable and works as advertised, I’ll definitely make the switch to it (and update this post with the results).<\/p>\n