John Mitchell Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Slow uploading seems to have become the norm for me. I just uploaded ten images and it took almost an hour. Same thing happened last week. Perhaps it's time to switch to FTP. Is it a lot faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 AFAIK, it wont make any difference. Depends on your broadband upload speed only. Someone with more expert knowledge may correct me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyD Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 8 minutes ago, John Mitchell said: Slow uploading seems to have become the norm for me. I just uploaded ten images and it took almost an hour. Same thing happened last week. Perhaps it's time to switch to FTP. Is it a lot faster? I just switched my internet for this reason...nightmare that it was to do it, but it's made a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hodgson Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 It all does come down to your overall internet speed but ftp will be faster than the browser upload. I use filezilla, if the internet drops mid upload it will pop them in a failed uploads list for you to reupload later rather than having to manually select the failed ones. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 9 minutes ago, James Hodgson said: It all does come down to your overall internet speed but ftp will be faster than the browser upload. I use filezilla, if the internet drops mid upload it will pop them in a failed uploads list for you to reupload later rather than having to manually select the failed ones. j I have a pretty fast (but not super fast) connection. Uploading ten images would have taken a few minutes not long ago. Now it's torture. Have no idea what has happened. I seem to be back to the old days when you could do the laundry, cook dinner, and watch a Seinfeld episode on TV while images were uploading. I use Photo Mechanic for keywording, etc. Apparently, it's possible to FTP directly from PM. I'll have to try to figure out how to do it. Am also familiar with Filezilla. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I have also found uploading to be very slow lately. Sometimes I've given up and tried again at another time and it goes a little faster. When I upgraded my internet speed last year, the uploading of images was noticeably faster, each one speeding through. However in the last couple months or so, there are times when it can take up to several minutes per image. I'm not sure who or what is to blame for that. Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I've been finding it super fast since I upgraded my broadband, and have been uploading constantly for about six weeks, but tonight it's dead slow and stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halit Olmez Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Also i have the same problem. My internet speed is approximetely 60 mbit but i can't upload even 10 photos in a 40 minutes. But when i use FTP (filezilla) it's faster. You can't even compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 My upload speed changed after we got a new router because the previous one stopped working. I complained about it and eventually after much testing they told me that they had taken the default 'cap' off the upload speed. How I was supposed to know that there was a cap, I don't know. It's better, but not as good as it was before we had to change the router (and that's with FTP). Worth checking, therefore, with your provider whether they apply a cap. It seems most people want to download, not upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 20 minutes ago, MariaJ said: I have also found uploading to be very slow lately. Sometimes I've given up and tried again at another time and it goes a little faster. When I upgraded my internet speed last year, the uploading of images was noticeably faster, each one speeding through. However in the last couple months or so, there are times when it can take up to several minutes per image. I'm not sure who or what is to blame for that. Maria I upgraded (TELUS) last year and my Alamy uploads began to zip right through. However, things have been gradually going downhill during the past couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 1 minute ago, John Mitchell said: I upgraded (TELUS) last year and my Alamy uploads began to zip right through. However, things have been gradually going downhill during the past couple of months. I'm not with Telus and have had the same problem. Very fast when I upgraded last and pretty slow these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I have also noticed a slow down with the Alamy upload lately.....it used to be much faster and nothing has changed on my end. I use a fiber optic connection and have the latest router offered. I was assuming that Alamy is bogged down from a huge amount of data coming to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyD Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 38 minutes ago, John Mitchell said: I upgraded (TELUS) last year and my Alamy uploads began to zip right through. However, things have been gradually going downhill during the past couple of months. I had to get rid of TELUS...no upgrades in my area..and wasn't on fibre yet and no timeline for that happening ever...so gave up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman t Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I've always been using FTP and it's a lot faster than what you've described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Michael Ventura said: I have also noticed a slow down with the Alamy upload lately.....it used to be much faster and nothing has changed on my end. I use a fiber optic connection and have the latest router offered. I was assuming that Alamy is bogged down from a huge amount of data coming to them. That's what I figure. The monster (albeit a nice monster) has indigestion caused by overeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I usually use the browser with no problems, but last night Alamy upload was rubbish. I uploaded to another agency at the same time (not exactly the same time) via my browser without any issues - speedy upload. Switched to Filezilla for Alamy and it was a breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I changed to Filezilla a few years ago and never looked back. There's no mucking about in the GUI and it's great to see the files blazing across at close to your profile speed. They take seconds now. Remember when they took 5 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Just taken 45 mins to load 24 images using non superfast broadband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I trie and tried to upload 12 yesterday afternoon. Left them two different times for half an hour and it was stuck on the 1st image. Close out and start over. Finally I tried leaving number 1 out of the upload and the other 11 zipped through. Then I added #1 to the upload, and it went. Shame we have to resort to weird ways to get it done. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I have slow upload speeds of less than 0.7 Mbps. So I don't mind using Filezilla and letting it go while I do other stuff. What I REALLY hate is that if I upload 50 images, Alamy will divide them into various submissions (say 4-5), some with only 2 images. I was thinking of going back to the even slower online up-loader to see if I can avoid this. Past experience tells me there is no fix for this either way, and Alamy can do nothing either. Any others have trouble with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phomme Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 My FTP upload speed to alamy is slower than to other clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 6 hours ago, spacecadet said: I changed to Filezilla a few years ago and never looked back. There's no mucking about in the GUI and it's great to see the files blazing across at close to your profile speed. They take seconds now. Remember when they took 5 minutes? Yes, it seems like it was only yesterday. In fact, it was only yesterday (literally). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 41 minutes ago, John Mitchell said: Yes, it seems like it was only yesterday. In fact, it was only yesterday (literally). Ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Ran into this problem yesterday evening. Had to wait ages for images to upload and I have a new fast router and fibre optic broadband. Didn't want to switch computer off, and solved (OK some cheating) 4 Guardian Speedy crosswords while waiting. Never known it to be as slow as this. Edit - uploaded stuff this morning, a good deal faster, problem solved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi everyone We've had some issues with one of our processors over night, but this is now sorted. We are nearly through the backlog and the upload speed should be back to normal. Thanks Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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