PhillipM wrote:
Not the internet, buy buy a cheap thumb drive, copy / paste / mail.

I would hate to think I had to send RAW's via the web.

every few years this subject comes up.  Each time, this is still the answer.  The internet gets faster, but file sizes get bigger

Volition Graphics wrote:
Wetransfer.com

+1, up to 2 giga with receipt when it is downloaded.

AVD AlphaDuctions wrote:

every few years this subject comes up.  Each time, this is still the answer.  The internet gets faster, but file sizes get bigger

Depends on your connection and how many files you need to send. I routinely upload/download 50-100 raw or Photoshop files but if I needed to send 2,000 I would use FedEx. Upload speed is what is often the weakest link depending on your provider. You can use software to automate the process by synchronizing with a web server. I use http://ftpbox.org/

+1

I M N Photography wrote:
If you have maxed out your free space of 16GB or have a business account, then Dropbox.com is the way to go.

Even if people don't have an account, you can still share a folder.

The main benefit of Dropbox is that it works in the background.
(i.e., you save locally, and the sync process happens in the background)

In other words, you can share the folder even if it's empty, and progressively save files locally, while it syncs in the background.

Real World Application:
Let's say you need to make some additional changes, but you already "sent" the files.

You either tell the client to return the thumbdrive or you send a new one.
You tell your client to ignore/delete your email, while you prepare a new one.

OR (if you use Dropbox)

You update the folder locally, and the remote Dropbox.com folder syncs automatically in the background.

It's a great way to work collaboratively between a group of people.

I think that the drop box might work out for my needs. I might be fowarding a back of wedding images in the RAW (NEF) mode. I was just told that you can send RAW images with drop box. Thanks everyone. 

Zave Smith Photography wrote:
I send 1-4 gig folders to clients all the time via Hightail.  Hightail used to be called YouSendIt.  Easy to use on both ends.

The issue is not the service but your internet connection.  Many internet providers might have decent download speeds but the upload speeds can be a fraction of the download speeds.  Verizon's Fios is almost asymmetrical which means the up and down speeds are the same.  Comcast used to and maybe still does, plays a trick where the first 2 minutes go fast and then they throttle it down so when you do a internet speed test, you do well but when you use it in the real world, you are f**k.

Actually asymmetrical means that the up and download speeds are different.  Symmetrical means that the up and download speeds are the same.

This is the definition found at the  Merriam-Webster Dictionary website:

" asymmetrical - having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical"

I M N Photography wrote:
If you have maxed out your free space of 16GB or have a business account, then Dropbox.com is the way to go.

By using a promoting available when I joined and getting some models to join on referral I've gotten up to having 29 GB free. That's kept me quite happy.