Or, I would if it weren’t the slowest thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. Mozy is a great idea in theory: backup to the internet, something that can’t burn or be stolen along with your computer and something that can be accessed from anywhere, unlike a physical hard drive, and do it automatically—at night, or when your computer is idle, or whenever else you want, or all of them. I somewhat idiotically carry my external drive around with me most of the time; if there’s an apartment fire or if my bag is stolen, I’m screwed. Online backup is good for someone like me.

But damn, it is slow. I’ve been using Mozy now—my second attempt at embracing this idea—for about two weeks now, and it still hasn’t uploaded 50% of my files yet; that’s how slow it is. The first time I signed up, I still hadn’t uploaded all of my files after a month and a half. I just did a speed test of my IP, and I’m getting nearly 3.3Mbps on uploads. Mozy? At best, it’s uploading at 150Kbps.

What is the deal, Mozy?