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In many parts of the world (probably not the US due to the broken cable monopoly system) home broadband speeds are increasing at a decent enough rate. I've now got 38 Mbit down and 8 Mbit up, which is fast enough to sync any new photos we take. We use JungleDisk and only pay ~ $14.00 per month for storing a lot of treasured family photos.

If I used a portable disk drive I'd have to make sure it's always offsite.

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I'm so jealous.

I pay $50 a month for the privilege of and 8mb down/ .5mb up connection.

I have satellite internet. Not only do I have to worry about the weather, but also 900 ms ping times, mediocre speeds, and a daily bandwidth cap.

It's painful for me, as I came from having 35 down and 1 up not long ago. However, it has opened my eyes to the fact that many people in the US (especially in rural areas) do not have access to decent internet.

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