Forget about connecting usb to usb, too - this disk will not work unless it's part of your network, and then you can look forward to never connecting and, if you do, the awful transfer speed

It can be a bit finicky, but I have also pushed this thing to the limits, very fast transfer rate, usually in the 90Megabyte range, which is the maximum speed for the harddrive

HORRIBLE transfer speeds lower than what other purchasers have described, and after an hour of copying it threw an error that totally effed up my network

I didn't calculate how fast the transfer was . .

upload.•If you want to transfer a large file with multiple sub-files, like in my case a movie file with over 300 movies, there is no way to pause the transfer or if the transfer gets interrupted to resume (i.e. pick-up) from the last point.

Uploading files wirelessly is painfully slow but wired, I was getting decent transfer speeds

I can't speak on reliability as the device is new, but so far no other complaints except for slow data transfer.

I can't say anything about the "slow" transfer speeds as they are very fast compared to my Buffalo

Even bargain PCs without gigabit ethernet and normal N300 routers should still see transfer speeds greater than 5MB/s, so equipment really is a non issue here

but with that fast of file copying I have no doubt that I'll be very happy with the streaming ability of the SC.A couple things I did to ensure a fast transfer rate:1.

I don't understand the slow transfers reviews, just upgrade you WIFI network at home, times are changed, we can't expect great performance with 20 WIFI connected equipments at home over a 802.11b network.

For document files and smaller folders of photos, the transfer rate isn't't an issue

Enabling the services slowed transfer even more

Very slow transfer speed!

The transfer speeds on this make me dread having to transfer my photos.- File corruption: I've noticed that if I'm transferring a large amount of files, if the device loses connectivity, then regains it, some of the files being transferred at that time become corrupted

It was slow, especially transferring files over wifi, but when I went to use it today, less than 3 weeks after purchase it won't even turn on.

Too slow transfer rate

not lightning fast transfer speedI dont plan on surfing my personal documents from an unencrypted, wireless connection because I am not an oblivious moron - so that function really doesn't matter.

it shows my content, I then try to transfer said content via rsync to another drive (since there is so much data) and I start getting "Connection Interrupted" messages from this stupid drive which basically hinders my rsync transfer.

Who thought that was a good idea?The data transfer is horribly slow, and yes I am connected to a gigabyte ethernet connection

However, I have Frontier DSL, so I am used to extremely slow transfers over the net

I just wished that the transfers were faster and hope that they come up with a fix for their streaming issues.

I would not recommend because:- slow data transfers (250KB/sec) thru WIFI.- poor support and information including poor manuals.- unreliable, i would not delete local files after transferring it (if it worked)- nowadays, returning a 179 dollar product with my data for unlocking, replacement warranty is not what i expected it

Despite all this it does perform well (fast transfers.

The excruciatingly slow transfer speeds (it would take you something like 202 days to fill this disk up) will drive you crazier than the excruciatingly painful and unreliable connectivity

I have not seen any slower transfer device since 200...2?!

I got some better transfer times after reading some suggestions from online forums and Seagate's site

Slow transfer speeds as others have noted.

If you want to transfer anything to your Seagate you have 2 options - incredibly slow wirelessly transferring or attaching your computer to your router to make a slightly faster transfer

Slow transfer speeds, even using short ethernet cable

If you want to transfer anything to your Seagate you have 2 options - incredibly slow wirelessly transferring or attaching your computer to your router to make a slightly faster transfer

Slow transfer speeds: My network isn't the fastest thing out there, but this device has EXTREMELY slow, inconsistent, transfer speeds

n’t loose on it.

With the first failure I lost 2plus T of data that I can not replace

Transferred all my content over (right under 3TB worth [using the 3TB Seagate Central]) and even though it has a very slow r/w speed compared to most other drives I've used at least it actually worked as a backup drive.

I've rechecked everything on my network, everything is connecting at 1GBit per the router lights, and this is the only device on my network that is showing this poor R/W performance

The transfer times were fast by direct connecting the drive to my computer and the initial Time Machine back-up went as fast as when I set up my Western Digital 1TB drive.

Finally I tested with a disk drive speed test and confirmed as well as with the activity monitor that it wouldn't do over 1-

The quality of the picture is as beautiful as if I were playing the actual DVD

Works as per the ads, easy to set up and performs as expected.

Really disappointing as I had high hopes for this drive

I do not regret my decision as of yet.

this is basically like holding your data hostage as I'm sure if you sent it in they would be happy to sell you a drive to copy it to and charge you to copy it to

I'd access them and upload files remotely, as well as at home

whereas before the best I could achieve was ~10-13mb/s and sometimes worse

I had read numerous reviews panning the upload speed, and I experienced 1.5 MB/s, which was in line with what I expected (but agonizingly slow when you're putting up digital copies of movies at 1-2GB a pop)

Transferred all my content over (right under 3TB worth [using the 3TB Seagate Central]) and even though it has a very slow r/w speed compared to most other drives I've used at least it actually worked as a backup drive.

I've rechecked everything on my network, everything is connecting at 1GBit per the router lights, and this is the only device on my network that is showing this poor R/W performance