Blogs & Data usage
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 16:13
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RodnSue
Hi every one,
My apologies for this long winded story.
Tues next wk we are leaving Bris for NT & WA for 7mths caravan travel.
We plan to
free camp as much as possible.
I have a blog set up for family & friends to follow us on our travels.
I would like to upload more photos than words into the blog if possible.
We will also be doing the other internet things such as emails, banking, skypeing family, etc.
I was planning on buying an Elite Next G pre paid internet USB dongle today, so as to capture the bonus ?2G of data allowance when buying 10GB for 12mths for $150.
I didn’t really want to be locked into contracts for 12 or 24mths. (will do so if need be)
I’ve worked out the costing of buying say 20GB data plus the pre paid ‘Elite’ dongle, as apposed to 12mths plan buying the ‘Ultimate’ outright for only 1GB per month, & “use it or lose it”.
The girl in the Telstra
shop was helpful, & thought that the prepaid ‘Elite’ would be very slow for uploading photos and use ? 1GB per dozen or so photos. (her words, not
mine)
She also suggested that the “Ultimate” dongle would have better out of town coverage & be a lot faster.
We have an aerial on the car & will have a patch cable.
I have 2 questions for you folk who have lots of experience with
blogs & data usage with photos etc ‘Elite’ vs ‘Ultimate’ dongles
1 – how much data would be used for eg 10 photos upload, & how much time involved in uploading same?
2 – is the Telstra girl right in saying that uploading for eg 10 pics would take forever & maybe not be as good marginally out of town - (I could of course plan my blog entries & other internet stuff whilst in a van park!)
Thank you in advance
Sue
Reply By: Member - The Bushwhackers -NSW - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:22
Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:22
Hi RodnSue
Not sure about data usage yet (will find out very soon!), but I downloaded a free program from the net, at the suggestion of Doug (NT) called Easy Thumbnails. It allows you to resize your pics (either up or down) to minimize data usage. You just set the program settings to the size you want, eg: 800 x 600, and it converts them to that size. The new
pic is called by the same name you originally called it, but with the letters tn (Thumb Nail) after the name.
You can have a look at the program here
Easy Thumbnails.
I find it great, not just for this site, but sending to others that don't need great detail, or have low download limits, or perhaps a slow connection, due to location.
Cheers, & good luck, Dave
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Follow Up By: RodnSue - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 21:12
Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 21:12
Hi Dave
thanks for your reply. Sounds easy enough, will have a look it tomorrow.
So if I made a separate file of the pics that I want to upload to my blog, then re size that lot of pics using that program, & upload as smaller pics therefore less fuss elsewhere?
cheers Sue
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Follow Up By: Member - The Bushwhackers -NSW - Friday, Apr 29, 2011 at 16:45
Friday, Apr 29, 2011 at 16:45
Hi Sue
The thing I found about the program is it lets you select your 'output size', and renames it with tn on the end, but also keeps the original on your computer. So, you will end up with a big
pic of say '
Campsite', another for uploading (or emailing etc) called 'Campsite_tn' at the size you decide on (800 x 600 is recommended for this site), also on your computer.
If you download and have a play with it, won't cost you anything, and see if you like it. I think you will. Doug (NT) is a regular contributor to this site, particularly with his Sunday history lessons, and has many, many photo uploads. I'm sure he wouldn't suggest the program if it was no good.
Cheers, Dave
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