[ NNSquad ] Re: Effects of bandwidth restrictions (from IP)

[Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>]

On Oct 29, 2008, at 7:35 PM, George Ou wrote:
> That said, backing up more than 40 GBs of data remotely over any  
> broadband
> or WAN connection (excluding 20/20 FiOS or better) isn't really  
> practical
> even without the usage caps.  You're always going to be better off  
> with a
> 500 GB USB 2.0 drive that you can get for $100 which typically  
> operate at
> 240 Mbps.

Having gone through the interesting process of trying to recover data  
from a drive that had just been through a house-fire, I think I can  
authoritatively say that there *is* a difference between a local drive  
and a network backup.

Yes, there are other solutions (rotating drives off-site, remote  
backing up a limited set of critical files...). Just pointing out that  
"always better off" is a bit strong.