You'd think that all these communications tools that ask you to move your files online make it easy to move big files too. I've recently had to send an archive that had around 100 MB to a group of people. If I wanted to send the file to a single person, an instant messenger like Google Talk or Yahoo Messenger would've been a good option. I initially thought that BitTorrent is a good idea, but that works well for a big group that connects at the same time (though
Pando is a nice client based on BitTorrent).
So file hosting had to work. Unfortunately there are
many options and most of them are bad: they require to register, they have traffic limitations or they're slow. Here are some of the best file hosting solutions I've found:
mihd.net - they promise to let you upload files up to 2 GB (they lowered the limit to 200 MB temporarily), the site has a lot of text ads, but the download speed is very good (at least 100 KB/s) and there aren't hourly download limitations. The files are deleted depending on their file size: for 100 MB, they're deleted 45 days after the last download.
DivShare lets you upload files smaller than 200 MB, but they're never deleted. You also get some basic stats and previews for images, MP3s and videos.
MediaFire has a very nice interface and lets you upload files up to 100 MB without any limitation. The download speed is almost as good as for mihd.net and they even scan your files for viruses.
I ended up using mihd, although the other two sites are also very good. If you know something better that doesn't require registration, software and has very few or no limitations, I'm all ears.
said on April 29, 2007 11:31 AM PDT:
cool review didnt hear of divshare before looks ok, mihd speeds are good for a free service and they answer emails quickly when i lost my delete link, mediafire is slow to europe but the rounded corners do the job
Justin said on April 29, 2007 11:36 AM PDT:
I use MediaFire primarily. I usually forget the download a few days later and if I want to find it back, it's not easy. But in MediaFire, I just log in and my files are there. One bad thing about MediaFire is I can't use it with DownThemAll and as such.
Mihd speed is quite good.
DivShare - never heard of before. I'll give a go.
Jake said on April 29, 2007 1:50 PM PDT:
I prefer
Localhostr. though it is for a bit smaller files.
Ted said on April 29, 2007 1:54 PM PDT:
My favorite is senduit.com -- the UI is so phenomenally simple, it makes all the other file sharing services look bloated.
Another good option is box.net -- box.net acts more like an online hard drive, in which you can share files by making them public. This notion of an online hard drive has tons of potential (remember all those rumors about GDrive?).
Manuel said on April 29, 2007 1:56 PM PDT:
I prefer
FileWind It allows up to 500MB files, and it'll split up anything larger than that.
Unlimited downloads and uploads.
No registration required.
Files deleted after inactivity of 30 days.
This is _THE_ file storage site to use.
http://www.wikiupload.com/
5 GB, no ads , dunnow about the speed though
~Karolis said on April 29, 2007 10:43 PM PDT:
http://www.yousendit.com/ for sending large files and http://www.bugmenot.com/ for bypassing registration.
Cheers!
Stumbled across an interesting thing in Gmail: I sent an email from work to my gmail account and attached a couple of fairly large files. When I read gmail from home and downloaded the attachemnts, it downloaded them as a zip file.
said on April 30, 2007 6:45 AM PDT:
Did you check
esnips? Gives you 5 GB of free storage albeit with registration. The max file size is 100MB.
said on April 30, 2007 6:54 AM PDT:
File Transfer Protocol.
Scott said on April 30, 2007 9:31 AM PDT:
Actually, Pando keeps around a copy of your file on our servers (disclosure: I work there) for a time, so users don't all have to be connected at the same time for the transfer to succeed. Unlike YouSendIt and company, if users happen to be on at the same, they join in and share the pieces they have downloaded, which speeds up and makes more efficient the file delivery.
Sendspace is also a good alternative.
Elling said on April 30, 2007 9:37 AM PDT:
I use www.transferbigfiles.com quite a lot
Hector said on May 1, 2007 9:41 AM PDT:
Why not just install what millions of people already do? Install your own
Online Hosting system such as a BBS system!
said on May 7, 2007 3:03 AM PDT:
I prefer
eParcel because it is safe, using https. It's not free service, but for me security is important. Works fine!
Justin said on May 8, 2007 8:35 AM PDT:
I hear a lot about YouSendit.
Why is having to create a username etc a bad thing? It can come in handy if files have a great deal of sensitivity to have some controls, tracking and reporting.
Also, look at www.digitalfastball.com
They have a non client version. If you download the client it's 5x FTP so should be much better than your 100KB/ps parameter.
J said on May 9, 2007 8:13 AM PDT:
www.up-file.com does all that you want it's DL speed is slow.
Igaunis said on August 22, 2007 5:09 AM PDT:
I started using
MongoFiles.com. Seems as it is just opened, found them on
FreeWebSpace.net.
What they say is you get 99 Gigs of space, no ads, files are never deleted.
No hot-linking possible, but I am not sharing with everybody ... Just my friends. :)
~100 kb speed to Europe ...
said on October 1, 2007 4:40 AM PDT:
Divshare is terrible. Wouldn't entrust anything important too it. For the past few days it has been mostly unreachable and when it is there, it crawls along. You can't even delete a file from your user interface.
Verdict.... buggy and slow
said on January 28, 2008 9:57 AM PDT:
BigEasyShare.com is a really good one. There are a few ads but nothing obnoxious or annoying. It doesn't require any registration and you can upload files up to 100MB and send it to 5 email recipients. It has a simple design and is simple to use.
Hello
mihd.net is being replaced by ifile.it
with some exciting new features
Regards
The said on June 20, 2008 12:56 PM PDT:
I am currently developing a web site that allows you to securely share and send files that are too big to e-mail. There are no file or size limits, no software to download and install, and it is 100% free. It also works on all platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux.
The site is
fileai.com, and we are currently in open beta. If you happen to stop by and give it a try, we'd appreciate any feedback.
Thanks! :)
Anime said on November 10, 2008 5:53 AM PDT:
Thank you very much for sharing these knowledge.
cxvsdv said on February 14, 2009 12:46 AM PDT:
To move large files, you can just use the GMS, which is an online media system. There you can also convert your files from flv to avi or mpeg. Make yourself at www.gozzi.dk or write to Giovanni@Gozzi.dk
system, visit the www.gozzi.dk / people newspaper
ifile.it 50 Mb Up/5 Mb down... Fast no, free yes. Too slow for me
Good article; however, there is an even better way to, send large files fast and for little to no cost, between computers and mobile devices! No membership required. I simply pay for the file size I'm sending with no further obligations.
http://www.swapitencryptit.com
atlete said on April 20, 2009 6:53 AM PDT:
I know alternative file share.
It's http://creafile.com.
Upload file 2Gb. File save on the storage
30 day after lasy download.
Users don't wait hours between download.
Good speed for download if you are not register
and don't buy VIP account.
I think it is very good.
http://creafile.com
said on May 6, 2009 9:16 PM PDT:
did anyone checked rapidshare?
Another option is http://www.fileapartment.com...
- Up to 1 GB
- Free, safe, and secure
- Easy to use
- No software to download or registration required
