Free Online Storage for Students

I'm working for a company that is willing to provide free online storage to all students in the U.S. as long as their storage is limited to 1 GB or less. (The company hopes that teachers and administrators will purchase larger storage spaces at modest prices.) The storage is all password protected. The Wall Street Journal wrote up the company as one of the top ten technology companies that your IT department won't tell you about. Please access the company through my website: http://www.pass-ed.com/box.html.

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on September 7, 2007 at 5:26pm

Andrew,

Why is this company so special? I looked at them and didn't see anything really different from so many others. Esnips which I use is fully password protected and offers 5gb free. I think all teachers should post up all their materials, all their software/games and have this accessible for students. We can't expect to promote a cooperative classroom when we ourselves, the teachers don't. So many don't and nowadays it is as easy as 10 min of your time to put up your computer files for all students to see. You don't have to format, design. Just put 'em up and let the students browse.... You can also then link.

Media fire offers unlimited storage! Very good and the only problem there is the limited bandwidth for download.

My point is STORAGE SHOULD BE FREE if it is educational. Why do these companies keep coming into the educational market(s) to make a buck? So much for progressive thinking.....

David

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Permalink Reply by SusanTsairi on September 7, 2007 at 7:00pm

This company is different because it has an incentive program for its affiliates http://www.box.net/about/affiliate-program "As an affiliate, you'll be paid for any and all users that sign up for the 14-day trial, at a rate of $15 per sign-up."

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Permalink Reply by Steve Henneberry on September 8, 2007 at 10:00am

The site referred to is Box.net (direct link), and they offer 1GB of free storage to anybody, not just students. There is a 10MB limit on files size, 10GB of bandwidth per month, and options for file sharing. This may be a good solution for students, but it is certainly not the only one out there. If you are interested in finding online storage for your students, you may want to check out The Online Storage Gang article on TechCrunch, or if you have a bit more time, peruse the extensive list in Lifehack.org's article Introduction to 90 Online File Storage Services.

I also agree with David that file storage should be supplied by the schools. Unfortunately, not all schools choose to do so...