Easily send large files or folders using P2P
If you’ve ever had to publish, send or receive particularly large files sizes, you’ll know that it can throw up all kinds of problems – crashed servers, blocked inboxes and transfers that suddenly just hang-up. Pando aims to take the pain out of this process and according to the developers, 3 million people agree that it does exactly that.
Pando is based on a P2P network that enables you to send files of up to 1GB in size by e-mail or by publishing it to the web. It supports all multimedia file types including video, audio and photos meaning it’s great for people who deal with audio-visual files regularly.
For most users, the major benefit will be with e-mail attachments and the good news is, there's no need to change your existing e-mail client. Pando works by creating a torrent-like link file which you can then send in the body of your e-mail for the recipient to click on. There’s no need to be online when the recipient downloads the file and there’s no compression, FTP or dodgy web uploading applets to deal with. The reason you don’'t need to be online is because Pando sends files to its "super-node" servers, which means that there's always at least one "seeder" online at any given time. This seed is guaranteed for 14 days so even if you log off, your recipient can still view it. Obviously, the more people that share it too, the faster the download.
For those unfamiliar with FTP, Pando is fantastic since it works on the same principle as a Bittorrent client. Once the small interface is opened, you can drag and drop or select “add-file” to create a ".pando” file which you can then e-mail to whoever you want once it is uploaded.
The main drawback is that the recipient has to have Pando installed to receive the file. If you transfer files to someone regularly, this is not a problem but if it’'s just the odd file you want to send, then it could be a nuisance to ask someone to install it just to see your file. Be warned also that Pando cannot guarantee security although the developers assure that Pando has 256bit AES end-to-end encryption built in making it technically one of the most secure ways to transfers files online today. The only way that someone could realistically compromise your security however is by hacking into your e-mail account.
Whilst Pando is obviously open to abuse by sharing illegal files, most people go to the major Torrent sites to do that, meaning Pando is refreshingly free of any copyrighted material flying around and causing problems. Overall, it’'s a great solution for those unfamiliar with FTP who need to send big files regularly.
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User reviews about Pando
by Anonymous
Do not download this.
Do not download this, do not trust this company. I downloaded this to open a file i received. Not only am i unable to open the file, but pando replaced my default browser and won't let me change it back. I deleted pando but i can't get rid of it as a browser. More
by Anonymous
Impossible to remove.
Installed this some time ago. Now i can't remove it. Program name doesn't appear anywhere so i can't uninstall but i know it's still hiding in there somewhere. No way to uninstall the firefox plug-in either as there's no option available to uninstall it. Very malicious program that i would stay away from if i were you.
Cons:
Malicious program does everything possible to prevent removal More
by Anonymous
absolute rubbish.
On the basis of upload speed being 3kb per second, my recent 547mb video I was trying to send to a friend it would have taken about 10 hours for the recipient to receive it
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by Anonymous
Easy way to send huge files.
I like the interface with the sent and received tabs, dragging and dropping files and using my email adresses from Outlook. The limit of package sent is 1Gb, which is pretty large to send most files.Downside is that you need to register to start using it(but that's quick) and since it bundles files sent as a .pando attachment, the people you send it to need to have Pando installed.Overall it's a good tool to send big files.
Pros:
Web 2.0 look interface+ drag and drop files
Right click on a file to send it via Pando
Works with Outlook address book
Send up to 1Gb Cons:
You need to register to start using it
Sent as .pando, which means others need to have pando installed
Fairly slow More