Rating: 5 

Version tested:  0.9.3.0

Description:  Pando is a file-sharing platform that enables users to easily share large files over the internet. It connects sender to recipient by sending a tiny file from the former to the latter over email or IM.

Let’s say you would like to send a 100 meg video file to a friend. Emailing such a file is out of the question, since its too big and will clog most email inboxes. With Pando, however, you can get the file sent as follows:

• Sender and recipient both download and install Pando
• Sender uploads file to the Pando servers, provides email address of recipient
• Recipient receives tiny (4k) attachement by email (or IM or even an RSS feed)
• Once downloaded, recipient can click the pando attachement, which will proceed to download the file through the Pando software at a high download speed (my test download was >120k).

Pando also provides an option where it can be a vehicle to publish large media files on a website; it will provide you with the code to embed in your site that will connect to the files on their servers. They also provide free content (free videos) that you can download, although I can’t see the usefulness of this in a world of Youtube and Google Video.

This is not your typical P2P client; it’s is a really practical program that provides a really needed service, and does what it does really well.

Note: Pando seems to be Adware. Having said that, however, I will also add that the ads, mostly advertising Pando itself or downloadable content, really do not interfere with the user experience. 

Go to download page for latest version. The program home page.