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jjmurph01
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3 years ago
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I have very seldom used dropbox, and even then it was only the basic account.  Now I have a need to share some video files that total around 10,000,000 kb.  The website is confusing in that it advert...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    jjmurph01 wrote:

    The website is confusing in that it advertises the Plus as, in one place, having 2 TB of storage, and in anther says 2 GB. ... Can I sign up for it and cancel after using?

    Basic includes 2GB for free. Plus includes 2TB. You can cancel, but you won't receive a refund. Your subscription would remain active until your next billing period, and at that point it would be downgraded back to Basic. If you only subscribe for a month, it's not a big loss.

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Rich
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3 years ago
jjmurph01 wrote:

The website is confusing in that it advertises the Plus as, in one place, having 2 TB of storage, and in anther says 2 GB. ... Can I sign up for it and cancel after using?

Basic includes 2GB for free. Plus includes 2TB. You can cancel, but you won't receive a refund. Your subscription would remain active until your next billing period, and at that point it would be downgraded back to Basic. If you only subscribe for a month, it's not a big loss.

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