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Be Our Valentine

It’s February and here in the United States, home to Pando’s world headquarters, our thoughts turn to love and admiration in recognition of Valentine’s Day. As we celebrate our 3 millionth install, mere words can’t express our appreciation for your usage – and your sparkling conversation, too. That’s right, we love to hear what you have to say, be it compliment or complaint, and have even included a survey in this month's issue to find out what you have to say about Pando!

Most recently, we’ve listened carefully to your cheers and concerns after our introduction of Pando Premium Services last month, and as a result, have asked Yaron Samid, Pando
co-founder and VP of products, to address your questions head-on, right here in the newsletter.

New Ways to Share — The Scoop on Pando Premium

With Yaron Samid, Pando Co-Founder and VP of products

Special Delivery@Pando (SD@P): Hello Yaron. Before we jump into our
no-holds-barred discussion about Pando Premium, what are your plans for Valentine’s Day?

Yaron: Making Pando-able moments with my lovely wife Orly.

SD@P: For those one or maybe two people who didn’t read last month’s newsletter, what are Pando Premium services?

Yaron: Think “Pando on steroids." Bigger files, more storage, no expiration, faster downloads for your recipients and no ads. We’ve got three premium (for pay) account types: Pando Plus, Pro and Publisher and last I checked, they’re all cheaper than steroids.

SD@P: Exactly how much “faster” is a Premium account? And is this speed increase at the expense of people with free accounts?

Yaron: Supacrazyfast. No seriously, exact transfer rates depend on each person’s specific networking environment but we’ve reserved dedicated premium servers for packages published with a premium account. These super-servers upload and download your premium packages faster than our regular servers because they are dedicated to a few people, rather than being shared by all 3 million free users of Pando. Don’t fret Pando friends, Pando’s free version will remain true to its popular reputation as the fastest way to transfer big files online today.

SD@P: Will Pando always have a free version? Or is this the beginning of everyone having to pay?

Yaron: Absolutely. Pando will always be free. That’s the whole idea behind Pando and peer-to-peer technology in general. You’re already paying enough for your broadband Internet connection; you shouldn’t have to pay to transfer files. Pando was built to empower everyone to unleash their hi-res personal media (photos, videos, music, etc) by sharing their bandwidth, not their wallets. Since we’ve received so many requests for commercial use of Pando, with even more capacity and better performance, we introduced our premium accounts to cater to a select group of power users, professionals and publishers, but Pando itself is and will always be, 100% free. You’re more than welcome to donate to my Valentines Day gift fund though. ;)

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