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Jeremy VdP.'s avatar
Jeremy VdP.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Why does it take so long to upload video files to Dropbox?

I have Dropbox Pro because I have to upload videos for clients and share them. This process has been taking far too long, and last night I started to upload 8 videos totaling about 10Gb. Three of the...
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Harold S.4's avatar
Harold S.4
New member | Level 2
11 years ago

I have been challenged with the same problem. With an upload speed of 10 Mbs from my Internet provider (Comcast) it takes at least 5 hours to upload a 6 Gig video file. This is driving me nuts! Seems like it was never this slow in the past.

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