What is the WebBox?
The Webbox is a way for you to easily and securely send, store and receive files of any size - quickly and simply.
How does it work?
You log in to the www.webbox.net.au website with a username and password. Files are sent, stored, managed and received via this web site.
Check out the movies and screen-shots on the right. (Quicktime required for movies.)
Is it secure?
Yes! Your security is ensured with a username and password. Internet-bank quality security is optional.
Is it easy to use?
Extremely! Get files with a click and send files by selecting them. Designed with simplicity in mind at all times.
Check out the movies and screen-shots on the right. (Quicktime required for movies.)
How can I start using it?
Contact us today to let us know about your interest, organise a demo or trial and talk to one of our helpful staff.
Being a hosted service, it has the following advantages:
• better for tax purposes because it is a service
• automatic free upgrades to the software
• hosted on our very fast servers, it works as fast as the internet connection of the user.
Plans:
|
Support and Upgrades |
Cost/Month |
Cost/MB (uploaded) |
Cost/MB (downloaded) |
| Casual User |
FREE |
$0 |
$0.25 |
$0.25 |
Subscribed User
This is cheaper than above if you are going to be transferring more than 500 MB per month. |
FREE |
$50 |
$0.15 |
$0.15 |
Professional User
This is cheaper than above if you are going to be transferring more than 1 GB per month. |
FREE |
$100 |
$0.10 |
$0.10 |
For more information please contact us...
Frequently Asked Questions
What about Email?
This is how it is better than email:
| Feature |
WebBox |
Email |
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File sizes
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Any size!
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around 10 megabytes
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Backup
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Automatically
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none
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Speed
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Very fast: immediate, and as fast as your internet connection
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Slow: long time to encode and deliver through many servers
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Design
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Is designed and optimised specifically for sending large files
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Was designed for sending small text files. Inefficient for other media.
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Secure
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When running in secure mode, files cannot be seen by third parties, and files are transferred direct.
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Email is in no way secure. Secure certificate email is secure, however it costs a lot to set up and is very painful to configure.
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Verification
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You can see when the files have arrived at their destination.
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Not even email administrators guarantee email will arrive at its destination. How many times have we all heard the question "Did you get that email I sent yet?"
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Storage
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No limits. Store anything, for any amount of time.
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Most are around 1 GB. The biggest is under 5 GB.
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How about FTP?
You may have heard of FTP - it is the original File Transfer Protocol on the internet. The WebBox is better than FTP in the following ways:
| Feature |
WebBox |
FTP |
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Configuration
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None: hassle free and as simple as can be - just use your web browser
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VERY annoying. First you have to download the program to use it, then you have to configure it properly according to the server you are connecting to: Active or Passive FTP, then you can start to work out how to use the program to send files!
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Interface
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Everyone uses the same beautiful interface to transfer files. Helping others with it is easy - although there is no need: it really is that easy to use.
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Each FTP client is different from the rest, making helping your friends or clients a nightmare.
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Your Clients
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They will thank you for using the webbox. It takes the pain out of file transfer.
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They will get really annoyed with trying to work out how to send or receive files.
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User Administration
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As simple as can be - Easily add and remove users.
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FTP usually has only one username and password!
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Confidentiality
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Easy - put people in different webboxes quickly - the control is in your hands.
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FTP usually has only one space - all users can see, delete and download all files. This makes confidentiality impossible!
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