How to speed up uploading

That is the 56K modem design gives more download speed than upload. The thought is that most will download one megabyte for each kilobyte uploaded. So there is never better than a 28.8K uplink. Sorry but I'll decline repeating more about this since it's well documented.

Your choice about the DSL or Cable but that will help. You'll also discover that while the uplink is faster it's again asymmetric.

BOb

In addition to Bob's excellent as usual advise...

You can also reduce the quality of the image to cut down on its size. This can be done with almost any photo editing program. If you need a good free one, look into the Windows port of The GIMP. It's up there with the likes of the several hundred dollar Adobe Photoshop.

Different formats may also yield better results. A lot of digital cameras use the TIFF format, which isn't really compressed. So converting it to say PNG format, would likely see a reduction in overall size, without much quality loss.

JPEG is another common option. It's a "lossy" format, so it compresses images by reducing the quality. It's kind of a trial and error process to find a compression level that keeps the file size manageable without degrading the quality too much.

Most of this really just has to be learned by playing around with the options. I've given you enough to get started, the rest is up to you.

the 28k connect speed.
You have NO bandwidth.
Even if you could use the full 28k on the upside it would
take some serious time to move a 1.5MB file.

If you want to move large files up or down....go broadband.

See what is available in your area.
Let your wallet be your guide.

Would be to upload the images to a free image host, email the link to the image and the recipient can simply "Save As" from the File menu or "Save As" or "Save Picture/Target" from the Right click menu. Easy and convenient for everyone involved.

Some Free image hosts will even let you password protect your account and contents. Be sure to read the FAQ's and TOS's.

Check out TheFreeSite.com: Free Image Hosting Resources or Google Free Image Hosting.

Hope this is helpful.

Charlie

Go to some wifi hotspot to send such?

Bob

I've ran across two types of IP connections that might speed things up. You might want to look into connecting via satellite or through your household wall outlet. These uncommon connection methods might be worth looking into. Satellite can be effected by the weather. I know IPs can connect you through standard household circuitry but I don't know much about it. Both of these connection types might be quicker then 56k.

Consider cropping/trimming your images to the minimum size possible before sending them. This may reduce there size depending on your Photo softwares capability.

HP has several digital software programs that come with there printers. With them you can select a smaller size photo format for emailing. One click and the program shrinks your photos to a manageable size.Then send them to yourself. Cheaper then most professional digital software packages and you get to keep the printer.

I certainly wouldn't take any of the suggestion I've made too seriously, they "might" work for you. Like I said, "for what its worth".