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Title: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 14 August 2011, 19:57
Last year a made a Wordpress blog which I dedicated to Jaguar Skills mixes, a one stop shop with all the mixes I could find. I used Dropbox but after not long, I was issued with excessive traffic due to the amount of people using it.

I want to restart this blog but need a reliable online storage solution, one which will allow me to upload these mixes and share them via a link to the public, can anybody help?
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Jay on 14 August 2011, 20:08
There are tonnes mate, Microsoft do SkyDrive which is 25GB and you can share files, not sure what bandwidth usage policy they have though.
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 14 August 2011, 20:14
Quote from: Jay on 14 August 2011, 20:08
There are tonnes mate, Microsoft do SkyDrive which is 25GB and you can share files, not sure what bandwidth usage policy they have though.

I know there are plenty, the problem is space vs bandwidth, I need enough space to store all these files, but also not to have such a cap on the bandwidth, I'll check out SkyDrive. :afro:
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Jay on 14 August 2011, 20:16
Torrents then, only limited to the bandwidth the sharers have. Just put a polite notice on the site saying please keep sharing.
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 14 August 2011, 20:24
Quote from: Jay on 14 August 2011, 20:16
Torrents then, only limited to the bandwidth the sharers have. Just put a polite notice on the site saying please keep sharing.

Problem with torrents is people are stupid. They like simple one click downloads.  :grin:

SkyDrive is a no go, just read up and it's not a one click download place sadly. Will have to keep searching.
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Jay on 14 August 2011, 20:30
No, but it'll give them a shared 'folder' where they see the rest of the files too, iirc.

Otherwise just change dropbox accounts every so often :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: jv on 15 August 2011, 12:30
pay a few pence for a real host, not free storage that isn't aimed at what you are trying to do. eg http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 15 August 2011, 13:16
Quote from: jv on 15 August 2011, 12:30
pay a few pence for a real host, not free storage that isn't aimed at what you are trying to do. eg http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

Couple of pounds a month isn't bad, do they provide the ability to upload MP3s and supply direct links to download?
Title: Re: Best free file storage online?
Post by: jv on 15 August 2011, 13:29
It would be your own virtual server, you could do what you like, within reason, with it - just like your portfolio site