European alternatives to Dropbox?

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Dropbox is positively brilliant, but the data center is probably in the US somewhere. Since I'm in Europe, there's plenty of lag and a poor upload rate.

Are there any similar services using data centers in Europe? I'm looking for a free plan (cirka 2GB), so sites like Amazon S3 aren't good answers.

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 10 '11 at 05:16

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Using Linux you could make an alternative yourself - see the following for further details:

http://fak3r.com/2009/09/14/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/

edited Jul 10 '11 at 05:16

Gareth

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answered Sep 28 '09 at 12:44

släcker

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 13:30

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There is Wuala by Lacie. They have a 2GB free plan. According to their website, their servers are in Switzerland, Germany, and France.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 13:30

Eero

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '09 at 13:26

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Humyo is a German company with datacenters in the UK. They offer a 10 GB free plan.

answered Sep 28 '09 at 13:26

alex

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '09 at 06:32

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There doesn't appear to be any real answer to what I'm looking for. Humyo came close except for the web-only interface. Free... you get what you pay for.

answered Oct 08 '09 at 06:32

Torben Gundtofte-Bruun

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 29 '09 at 10:36

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I use Live Mesh from Microsoft. It's free for 4 GB. I have no problems with the speed (I'm also based in Europe).

answered Sep 29 '09 at 10:36

GvS

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 10 '11 at 05:15

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If you are running Windows you could try SDExplorer, which integrates with Windows Explorer. They give you 25GB of space.

edited Jul 10 '11 at 05:15

Gareth

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answered May 30 '10 at 12:28

shivekkhurana

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 03 '11 at 12:33

Nomadesk is a Belgian company I work for. It offers solid back-up, filesharing and synchronization. More: all your files are protected with encryption and Theftguard.

The storage is unlimited, and we doesn't charge per user but per fileserver you use.

Don't hesitate to give it a try (30 day free trial) and let us know what you think of it!

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 13:41

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Actually Dropbox uses Amazon S3, which happen to have data centers all over the world, including Ireland.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 13:41

mouviciel

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European alternatives to Dropbox?

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