[paranoidrobot]

> If the computer you are backing up isn't online for 6 months, it clearly isn't that important.

Internet connectivity in some parts is particularly terrible.

My grandmother's ADSL 12/1Mbit connection was never particularly reliable and would go down any time it rained for days at a time. Every 6-12 months it would go down hard and not come back requiring a visit - the techs would fiddle around, find a different working copper pair and get it going again.

Finally, about two years ago it died completely, and the Telco threw up their hands and said they couldn't fix it, there just wern't any working pairs. There will be, at some point, a FTTC rollout, but in the mean time we're getting her limping along with an overly expensive and even less reliable 4G connection. The data limits are absurdly low, so I can't afford to let Backblaze actually run backups.

But the data that was backed up prior to the DSL outage we want to keep - I'm paying the license for it, they should keep it.

[cerberusss]

That setup is simply not suitable for using Backblaze, or actually any kind of off-site backup.

What would be an interesting solution, is to run a simple gigabit ethernet line to a neighbor or even the backyard shed. And set up a backup endpoint there. It's not totally off-site but sure beats the alternative.

[Dylan16807]

It's not suited for it right now, but it very much disproves "If it's offline for six months, it clearly isn't that important."

[theshrike79]

A single product can't work for everyone.

If you live in the outback and your network connection is literally provided by pigeons, maybe an online backup service isn't the correct solution.

External drives and TimeMachine/Windows Backup should be sufficient.