&gt; I would expect that because I am paying for the storage, they would be happy to let me write data to their machines as fast as I like.<p>I don&#x27;t understand why you&#x27;d think this. You&#x27;re paying for storage, not an SLA as to how fast you can fill it.<p>&gt; I&#x27;m paying a premium for gigabit fiber to the home and you really can tell who over-promises and under-delivers quickly. Fortunately my &#x27;roll your own&#x27; backup + sync works well and is price competitive so I&#x27;ll stick with that.<p>This is the preferred solution if a) commercial services are too slow for you and b) you&#x27;re willing to spend the time to implement and manage it. It appears, based on commercial services out there, that there is no competition based on upload speeds.