So essentially it is £12.50 a year? Not keen on these advertising ploys as it is not a special £1 to start if you require a 2 year contract at £1 first year and £24 second year - that is £12.50 a year no matter what way you look at it.

Not saying that is bad if providing what is suggested in this thread but these promotional deals are always misleading in my opinion.

you could look at it that way, or if you didn't want to use the special promo code then each year would be £24.

As an example some ISP's advertise in this way offering users 3 or 6 months half price broadband then full price thereafter that and putting users into an 18 month contract.

Again either way the promo is exactly that if you want to choose that option or not.

Edited by deleted (Thu 21-Jun-12 13:38:49)

It is the fact that often the "2 year minimum" or whatever is hidden in the small print - it may not be with yours. I have just upgraded sky under an offer of a special price for 3 months - in the small print it confirms it is a 12 month minimum term. However, one of their other deals is a reduced price for 3 months with a 1 month minimum term - it is the small print that gives the details and if people aren't wary they may sign up for a year at £1 without realising they have to pay £24 for the 2nd year even if they only want a 12 month service.

EDIT : Just looked on the product pages for the special offer. Nowhere I can see does it state that you have to sign up for 2 years. It may do at the end of the checkout process but as I can't get there without creating a user id then I haven't gone that far.

Edited by ian72 (Thu 21-Jun-12 13:46:52)

Yes i have signed up, so far have backed up 75GB since the morning.
I can access all files anywhere on the go so i am a happy chappy.

In reply to a post by john2007:

..... Personally I'd never store sensitive data with a third party, however secure they think they are.....

At least as secure as LinkedIn or eHarmony I would hope.

Seriously though, I'm with you on this in that I would need to be desperate to trust my personal data to a third party's whims. A few passwords and some throwaway addies is one thing - Personal files is quite another.

Edited by Deadbeat (Thu 21-Jun-12 22:41:59)

A reputable supplier uses software which encrypts the data on your PC using a key known only to you so that it is safe from prying eyes while on their servers ...... that is the theory anyway.

If they use data de-duplication then this approach clearly doesnt work.

The automatic corporate backup on our PCs at work does use de-duplication but the company has its own backup servers. For domestic use encryption is a key requirement so de-duplication cannot be used and no reputable supplier advertises it.

At the end of the data the data MUST be backup up somewhere safe off-site on a regular basis. This means it must be automared.

In reply to a post by greenglide:

....... uses software which encrypts the data on your PC using a key known only to you so that it is safe from prying eyes while on their servers .......

I know how it's supposed to work.... I've set up several SME's locallly in the past with reputable backup systems from accredited suppliers.