Suddenly everyone seems to want to move their large files around the place. For no money. Whereupon services appear as if by magic.

* Dropload. ‘Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and have them picked up by someone else at a later time.’

* SendThisFile. ‘Sender makes a couple of clicks and the file uploads. We notify the recipient the file is available. The recipient clicks on a couple of links to download the file.’

* YouSendIt. ‘You can send photos, audio, documents or anything else. Your file will be stored by YouSendIt without ever filling up your recipient’s mailbox.’