This is kind of piggy backing on Bob Zelin's response to something I posted in a thread not too far below about fiber connectivity...
Regarding what I said there about bandwidth availability and cost in places like Europe these days compared to our corporately controlled &^%#! infrastructure, I almost fell out of my chair during the State of the Union address a few weeks back...Somewhere in the middle of all the usual "great news," our president basically admitted that as a technically advanced nation, we have third-world internet connectivity and that our future success requires great connectivity for all! There is unused bandwidth that can be used, further developed!, and/or be offered at a price that could legitimize something more than 45Mbps for $3000 a month. But again, it's not the government, it's the corporations. And again, it's not the corporations, it's the government. They are all co-workers. Ok, enough about that. Sorry for my rant.
So, over the past few years we've been on the receiving end of Aspera Connect data transfers. The client download is free and is a web based connection. We have been receiving 45GB files via our down connection averaging 40Mbps in just over 2 hours. So we could take a 30 minute 1080 ProRes program down in around 90 minutes...An hour long 1080 ProRes file down in around 3 hours...That still beats FedEx, especially if you and the client have the ability to start the transfer early in the business day or let it cook overnight..
Thus, I'm wondering what the costs are for Aspera's servers to host your data...If it can be free and this fast on a user's end, then I guess their service is ridiculously expensive, but I don't know.
Anyone know more about Aspera's service or anything comparable that can achieve these data rates and or what it costs to serve such data?
Have a look:
http://www.asperasoft.com/en/technology/fasp_versus_FTP_4/fasp_versus_FTP_4
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC
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