FTP or HTTP to Download and Upload

[microfast]

Which is better or faster or more stable ?

[Skwirl]

FTP is faster and more stable than HTTP because with http you will be decreased in speed by web proxy caches. with ftp though, you have to know what you're looking for instead of being directed to the link with http. does this make sense?

[microfast]

I meant which is more stable actually. I run a shell to an ftp script and a lot of times the Ftp site just hangs, and then the shell returns a non-zero value, indicating that it failed.
How do I resume ? Is it easier with http ?

[veins]

I would suggest you to use the HTTP as is much more stable than FTP. Tough it is a stateless but it is excellent for file upload. There is a inbuilt class in .net that uses using the HtmlInputFileControl and Files property .I think it will be good to use it.

You can try it.

[Skwirl]

well, if you're looking for stability, then yes http would be better. It is also easier, but for speed with downloads i use ftp.