# Rapid data transfer

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/rapid-data-transfer/17260>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [November 8, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/rapid-data-transfer/17260 "2015-11-08T18:24:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/rapid-data-transfer/17260/3 "2015-11-08T18:33:01Z")

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Yes the cloud limits you to 1 update per second (or 4 per second in short bursts) as you have seen.

One option would be to make your photon be a TCP server (listens for connections, when connected sends the IMU data every 1/60th of a second). The TCPServer documentation will have an example of this.

Another option would be to have your computer act as the server and have the Photon open a connection and send the data. This recent thread [Quickest way to stream data from Photon](https://community.particle.io/t/quickest-way-to-stream-data-from-photon/17102) has examples of this.

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