The Security Mentor

It could be a really good idea. You get a backup that will survive fire or theft on your premises, presumably stored in a professionally managed data center. Is it a good deal?

Verizon Online Backup costs $40 a month for 50 GB of storage. For three months of that you could buy a friend a disk much bigger than 50GB and back up to your friend's disk over the net.

I like to look for the word "encrypted" in connection with online backup. It's the only way to keep your data from being read. Verizon only says "password protected".

My conversations with Verizon "tech support" have consistently been bizarre and infuriating.

So, good idea, but my advice would be to look elsewhere. Fortunately there are a lot of alternatives for free or almost free online backup.