Any friend/relative with a fiber? Some internet cafe with a mighty connection?
And since we're talking about HN people, and not just the average person, some lab/workplace they are familiar with the people and they'd let them do it?
I'm not sure if there are, but if not, there should be services with high speed connections that get a HD or USB stick from you in the mail, and let you manage to upload your stuff where you want. IIRC, Amazon does this for uploading stuff to S3.
Public places with internet access are pretty much always running it off DSL or cable. Some schools and commercial buildings have fiber, but it's shared among so many people that it's not really much faster.
Amazon does offer that service, but it's $80/device + $2.49/hour.
Well, send it to a friend with fiber somewhere in another state.
Seriously, this would be a good way for people with fiber connections to make a buck, set up a "mass upload" service.
At some point, it's obvious that the "how can I upload X volume from where I live" doesn't make much sense given one's location. I would not expect high speed access in Alaska, for example. Or in some remote New Mexico area.
And since we're talking about HN people, and not just the average person, some lab/workplace they are familiar with the people and they'd let them do it?
I'm not sure if there are, but if not, there should be services with high speed connections that get a HD or USB stick from you in the mail, and let you manage to upload your stuff where you want. IIRC, Amazon does this for uploading stuff to S3.