Google Docs changes may have business broadband implications
SDSL has many advantages, not least the fact that it offers unusually fast upload rates.
With an SDSL connection, upstream is identical to downstream and this comes in particularly useful when businesses need to access cloud computing.
Well now a major development over in California could herald a new era for this fast-emerging IT sector.
From now on, Google Docs will allow people to upload any type of file, not merely spreadsheets, documents, PDFs and presentations.
And with the service accepting files up to 250MB in size, this means it’s now possible for SDSL customers to quickly store bulky items like hi-res graphics, charts and vodcasts.
However, one thing that the SDSL community should bear in mind is that Google Docs has an overall upper limit of 1GB so you can only keep four 250MB files at one time.
The rollout of this new feature is occurring in stages across January 2009 – Google Docs account holders will be told when it has gone live by a pop-up that appears once they have signed in.
SDSL customers who haven’t yet entered the cloud are missing out on what promises to be the next stage in the evolution of the internet.
Innovative services such as Google Docs, Apple MobileMe and Google Apps let users store files online instead of on temperamental internal servers or their desktop.
Even better, work colleagues can then access those same files and make changes that become instantly visible to everybody else in the group.