I have a very big file (1.2GB) and maybe more that i would like to send to a friend over our internet connection. There used to be a free program called wwwfileshare to do this easily... but not it isnt free. Im sure there must be other programs like this that willl help me without shelling out a lot of dough. What options do i have?

CaptainForest

1.2 GB eh?

Can you compress it to 1GB. Because if you can, http://www.yousendit.com/ allows you to send a file up to 1GB for free.

Another option (which I use more often) is send it through MSN Messenger. It will take all night, but the file will arrive and there is no limit that I am aware of.

RickJ

I couldn't find one that allowed more than 1GB.

If you expect your file to grow - or transfer/share file(s) frequently, you might consider getting webspace.

Godaddy offers 5GB of space for $43 per year:
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosti...?se=%2B&ci=260

You don't have to "make a site", you can just use it to store files that can be downloaded by anyone you give the link to. It's exactly what I do. I've got 11 websites, and many of them have files stashed throughout them.

You'd simply upload the file to a folder that you name, like www.yourwebsite.com/bigfile and anyone you give that link to would be able to download it.

(I don't use GoDaddy for my hosting; they're cheaper than the host I use - but for only file storage, I think $43 a year seems pretty good)

Curlyben

To add to the above excellent answers, you may consider cutting the file into smaller parts, by use of Chainsaw (an excellent little app that works a treat).
Then you could easily e-mail, yousendit, messanger or web site upload it.