Answer 1)A web hosting company that allows you access to FTP "File Transfer Protocol".
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Answer 2)Size and type of the files matter when sending them over the Internet. Error in the program or failure in the
transferring process is a common problem when sending large digital files through Email. You can either send
the large file by breaking it in multiple parts or can send the file via FTP hosting service. FTP hosting
service allows us to send large files through a network without breaking the file in multiple parts.
2. No need to worry about the size and file type, only you have to ensure sufficient space in the server and
fast Internet speed. FTP hosting service will allow the size of the files for online transmission depending
upon the space that is allocated for you in the FTP server. For example, if you have 300MB space in the FTP
server you can send either three 100MB files or can send a single file of size within 300MB. Since files,
which you are transferring from a computer to another remote computer, are stored in the FTP server therefore
it is necessary to maintain sufficient free space to transfer more files in the future. Otherwise you have to
delete some files from the storage to get some free space.
3. The size of the file that you are transferring through FTP server also depends upon the speed of
Internet. Therefore, you have to ensure fast Internet speed for efficient communication. FTP service providers
have nothing to do with Internet speed. \'FTP Hosting Service\' and \'Internet Service\' are two separate
things. Internet speed solely depends upon the Internet service provider. It is observed that for uploading
large file (e.g., 300MB or more) \'Dial Up\' connection is not sufficient, it will take more time and may
collapse in the middle of the process. In that case FTP can be the right option.
4. Security is another issue that you have to maintain throughout the communication process. It is
recommended to go for Secure FTP hosting service to ensure the privacy of the content. Secure FTP hosting
service comes with the features like SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), TLS (Transport Layer Security) or SSH (Secure
Shell) that allow you to encrypt the content of the files. Files are encrypted with the help of \'keys\' and
you can allow the authorized user to decrypt the content by providing the \'key\'. A recipient, without having
a proper key can\'t decrypt the content.
Though general FTP hosting service doesn\'t always provide security features like SSL or SSH but keeps the
privacy by maintaining separate FTP account for each user. FTP hosting services not only provide you free
space in the FTP server to upload or download files but also allow you to create multiple FTP account to
access the allocated space in the server. Each FTP account has a unique set of user name and password. Only
the authorized user of that account can upload or download files from the server.
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