When it comes to networks, one facility which one always enables is File and Printer sharing because what’s the use of a network where we can’t share the files. However, when it comes to accessing the Public Networks then File and Printer sharing can be bad for us and our computer. But, if then you want to share a file with one of your friend, then you’ll need to enable the file and printer sharing and thus enabling the risk too!
In that case, one of the solution to share the file is Internet and we can share the file by either uploading it to some file sharing sites like RapidShare, DivShare etc. or we can send it through Email as attachment or we could either write the file on a CD and then send that file. Sounds too slow…??? Indeed it will be one of the slowest method of sharing the files.
However, thanks to Skype because it helps us share the files at a blazing speed and that too without enabling the File and Printer Sharing. You just need to be under the same network and you must be logged into Skype and the transfer rates will be done according the Local network speed rather than the internet connection!
I discovered this while I was sharing one file with my brother of around 11 Mb and when I shared the file using Skype, I was amazed to see the speed of transfer rate and it was near about 200 Kbps and thats pretty decent when you’ve got no other choice left.
I’m sure you were not aware of this feature of Skype or were you ? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
