Out of the Blue

My website has been hosted by SquareSpace for over a year now, it's been a great service.  I've enjoyed 4 GB of storage and being able to upload very large files and the ability to provide secure logins for external clients to login and retreive files.  It's been a great, client-facing, high-support site with a lot of options.

In their online help section, they mention that they do not support file sizes larger than 20 MB, their reasoning was that "Uploading via a web browser is somewhat unreliable with very large files. Also keep in mind that most cable modems and DSL connections upload at 15 kbps", this is their reasoning.

Now, I upload at about 300-500kbps/second and uploading through the browser has been pretty reliable for me.  So I just ignored this, because it says that they only SUPPORT file sizes <20mb which means that you can upload file sizes larger than 20mb but they wont support you if you have issues.  Totally understandable!
However, I get an email from SquareSpace support saying that they have not enforced this <20mb file rule and will now be enforcing it full-stop.  If any files are found after 5/4/11 that are larger than 20mb, they will remove these files automatically.  Oh, now it's a rule all of a sudden?  I'm paying for 4GB of space but I can only fill it with <20mb files?

Well, so long Square Space, you were a great hosting site that enabled me to be professionally client-facing with impressive results.  But seeing as I work with video and that I very rarely have video file sizes less than 20mb, you no longer work for me.

For now I will stick with Drop Box, which works great for sharing large files between individuals.  But I will need to create a new website for Angler.digital for a more professional, client-facing site.

I think I'm going to turn it into a less personal, more professional blog here on Blogger.

Let me know what you think of the new site: http://anglerdigital.blogspot.com/