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Title: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Jadehawk on October 09, 2008, 10:20:27 pm
Hey all,
I tried looking for a sticky for recommended File hosting sites here but I guess I missed it if there is one? Anyone know of a good file hosting site that will let me upload zipped files? Thanks all!  :yes:
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: eliex on October 09, 2008, 10:36:42 pm
Try Yahoo Geocities. It provides some free file hosting on the web.

Or, you could try Freespace mods, if what you want to host is freespace-related. Information is on a stickied thread on Missions and Campaigns board.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on October 10, 2008, 04:39:41 am
I always use MediaFire, never had any troubles with it.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on October 10, 2008, 09:56:19 am
I use Windows Live SkyDrive. It's free if you already have a Hotmail account.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Turey on October 10, 2008, 01:29:04 pm
http://www.megaupload.com
http://www.rapidshare.com

And why isn't this in GenDis?
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: karajorma on October 10, 2008, 01:31:09 pm
'Tis now.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 10, 2008, 01:34:28 pm
Filefront, despite some naysayers, isn't bad either.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: captain-custard on October 10, 2008, 03:40:22 pm
what do you need to upload ive got some free space im doing nothing with atm, pm me
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: KappaWing on October 14, 2008, 10:50:17 am
I go with Filefront. I used to do Fileden 'till they put more ads on there than CCP.

Rapid**** is really lame.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on October 14, 2008, 09:23:25 pm
RapidShare is annoying at times, but Megaupload's even worse, because it never works (for me).
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Mongoose on October 14, 2008, 09:38:04 pm
I've been paying for MyDataBus (http://www.mydatabus.com), which started off as a mostly-free service.  When they switched over to a pay-only model, I received a freebie service level increase for signing up.  $11 or so a year for 10 GB of storage and 2 GB of public bandwidth per day is pretty damn good in my book.  I think the current account at that payment level is half of both of those values, but it might be worth taking a look at.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Excalibur on October 14, 2008, 09:40:38 pm
I have stuff on DivShare, though I haven't checked it for a while, so I don't know what stage their at, and I'm not to familiar with how popular/whether others can access your files easily. I think they can from memory if you allow it.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: KappaWing on October 15, 2008, 01:21:04 pm
Paying for file hosting is like paying for porn. You can get just as good benefit for free if you look hard enough. And by looking hard enough I mean a simple google search.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 15, 2008, 01:42:10 pm
Paying for warez is sort of like leaving $20 to the victim after the rape.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Mongoose on October 15, 2008, 02:52:43 pm
Paying for file hosting is like paying for porn. You can get just as good benefit for free if you look hard enough. And by looking hard enough I mean a simple google search.
From what I've experienced, most of the free file-hosting services out there are an utter travesty to deal with, particularly on the end of the person who's downloading the files.  "Oh, Rapidshare, I'm sorry that I've downloaded more than 10 MB in a half-hour period.  Sure, I'd be happy to wait another half-hour to try again!"  Plus, I'd like to see one of those handle uploading 1.5 GB worth of files at once.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on October 15, 2008, 07:56:12 pm
SkyDrive works fine...but there's a 50MB cap on each file. The biggest file I uploaded into my Cloud - the patched Fire Fight disk image - is almost that big and it took forty minutes to upload on my 3.5mbps connection.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 16, 2008, 03:12:42 am
Paying for file hosting is like paying for porn. You can get just as good benefit for free if you look hard enough. And by looking hard enough I mean a simple google search.
From what I've experienced, most of the free file-hosting services out there are an utter travesty to deal with, particularly on the end of the person who's downloading the files.  "Oh, Rapidshare, I'm sorry that I've downloaded more than 10 MB in a half-hour period.  Sure, I'd be happy to wait another half-hour to try again!"  Plus, I'd like to see one of those handle uploading 1.5 GB worth of files at once.
Partial credit. Rapidshare used to suck Satan's Hairy BollocksTM, but they've changed the behaviour somewhat now. There's no more Borg-encrypted, 28-letter long Egyptian-ish kanji captcha and the waiting period between downloads has dropped to 15 minutes. Granted, downloading big things requires time and some effort since the size limit is 100 megs. But I'd rather do something than start paying many moneys, effectively preventing me from having dinner for the duration of two weeks.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 16, 2008, 03:36:18 am
www.filefront.com is what i tend to stick to.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Mongoose on October 16, 2008, 12:32:53 pm
Partial credit. Rapidshare used to suck Satan's Hairy BollocksTM, but they've changed the behaviour somewhat now. There's no more Borg-encrypted, 28-letter long Egyptian-ish kanji captcha and the waiting period between downloads has dropped to 15 minutes. Granted, downloading big things requires time and some effort since the size limit is 100 megs. But I'd rather do something than start paying many moneys, effectively preventing me from having dinner for the duration of two weeks.
The fact that there's any sort of noticeable time limit is more than enough for me to utterly dismiss the service.  In any case, I'll consider what I have to be the best of both worlds, since I'm getting excellent service for what is essentially the cost of one dinner a year. :p
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: KappaWing on October 16, 2008, 02:58:25 pm
Mongoose, I dont think filefront has any of those pitfalls. Don't waste your dough dude.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: Mongoose on October 16, 2008, 03:25:18 pm
The day I consider paying only $11 for anything to be a waste would be the day that I'm lying out in a ditch somewhere starving to death, and I doubt I'd care much about file-hosting then. :p I'm happy with the service I have, and it does exactly what I need it to do, so I consider that small payment to be entirely worth it.
Title: Re: File Hosting sites?
Post by: achtung on October 16, 2008, 11:13:16 pm
I have freespacemods.net to share my pr0... work.