so if i want to upload a file somewhere (RAR or ZIP) what are good FREE hosts.
what free hosts are there anyways?
it doesn't have to stay online FOREVER and I just want to give it to one person (doesn't know if that matters).
so are there any pages / free services you know of?
Originally Posted by Eternal Man [EE] Mediafire is totally usable.
can I upload stuff to it without an account / is an account free?
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i looked at drop box and didn't quite get it. i need to create an account and then download some software that uploads my stuff to it? no direct uploading on the site?
Originally Posted by Eternal Man [EE] Mediafire is totally usable.
can I upload stuff to it without an account / is an account free?
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i looked at drop box and didn't quite get it. i need to create an account and then download some software that uploads my stuff to it? no direct uploading on the site?
At mediafire you just register an account (free of charge) and start uploading stuff to it. A lot of people in the community use it.
Originally Posted by Eternal Man [EE] Mediafire is totally usable.
can I upload stuff to it without an account / is an account free?
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i looked at drop box and didn't quite get it. i need to create an account and then download some software that uploads my stuff to it? no direct uploading on the site?
At mediafire you just register an account (free of charge) and start uploading stuff to it. A lot of people in the community use it.
except its been inundated with tons of ads since it first started. i actually would not recommend it over any other ad based hellhole of an uploading service.
Originally Posted by Sketchy Mediafire / Rapidshare / Megaupload etc, ALL SUCK
Windows Live Skydrive is still the best
yeh to be honest this is what I thought of using myself given the fact I've got a hotmail account. I've tried it this weekend and it seems to work quite nicely and I won't have to make up a new account somewhere else.
Thanks for all the great site suggestions for example I was not aware of box.net yet so thanks for that.
Mediafire is okay beacuse it doesnt have a limit to how many files you can download like some others. So its good for the downloader. You also have a nice download statistic. But i guess any of the mentioned might be good aswell.
Dropbox is great because it creates a direct link download, meaning you can just click on it or right click download.
And is great when doing projects with others as it supports creating shared folders.
And uploading is a lot more easier.
Though it's not free, I'd highly recommend eventually picking up a .com domain name that comes with free hosting (Mine's with GoDaddy, but there are others). The cheapest ones are around $20 a year, and to upload a file, all you have to do is start filezilla and drag'n'drop!
Beats the pants off all those other file hosting services.
Originally Posted by OMC Though it's not free, I'd highly recommend eventually picking up a .com domain name that comes with free hosting (Mine's with GoDaddy, but there are others). The cheapest ones are around $20 a year, and to upload a file, all you have to do is start filezilla and drag'n'drop!
Beats the pants off all those other file hosting services.
Oh, well, we all have our own servers, we just prefer to use other people's bandwidth!
The ads aren't that bad. There is usually 1 popunder ad every time you download something. Other than that its just built-in ads that don't affect shit. The download speeds are usually really good.
IIRC if you upload from the same location constantly, even without an account, it remembers where you are uploading from and shows you the past files you have uploaded as well.
Originally Posted by OMC Though it's not free, I'd highly recommend eventually picking up a .com domain name that comes with free hosting (Mine's with GoDaddy, but there are others). The cheapest ones are around $20 a year, and to upload a file, all you have to do is start filezilla and drag'n'drop!
Beats the pants off all those other file hosting services.
Oh, well, we all have our own servers, we just prefer to use other people's bandwidth!