Interweb question: Is it really a series of tubes?

[PersonaNonGrata]

Okay, seriously, my question is whether there is a fast and effective way to transfer gigabytes of data via the Internet? I thought about an FTP server and I think that would work. The amount of data would be about 5 gigs. Is there a safe, secure, private, and free way to do this transfer?

Mailing a DVD with the data on it is trying to be avoided but can be done if the high tech way doesn't work.

Thanks for any advice.