Free file-hosting services - Mediafire

lugubres · Post by **lugubres** » October 31st, 2006, 2:18 pm

Hi,

I just read about http://www.mediafire.com/ in today's Montreal Gazette.

"There are a lot of free file-hosting services on the Web, but Mediafire is the best yet.

Setting up an account is quick and easy and it's a breeze to upload and download files to the site. Best of all, there are no limits on the number of files you can transfer and there is no limit on file size. What's the catch? I can't find one.

Not only can you use the site as a remote hard drive to safely back up files, but you can also use it as a place to transfer very large files to remote colleagues.

Why bother carrying around a flash drive that you could lose when you can easily store those files online for instant retrieval anywhere with an Internet connection?" (Montreal Gazette, 31 Oct 06)

Mediafire looks promising. All the IT people/volunteers, please take a look and see if it is better than yousendit or not? If it is good, maybe we could use it to upload & download our recordings.

Lugubres

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » October 31st, 2006, 3:27 pm

Hi Christina,

Have you tested this out? I just tried to upload two small mp3 files, and both failed at the validation stage. I can see from their blog that it's a new site and they're working on bug fixes etc. Hopefully they'll iron things out.

What we'll need to see is how the links work. Can you post a link in the forum, for the file to download?

David

lugubres · Post by **lugubres** » November 1st, 2006, 7:40 am

I haven't had the time to test it yet. Sorry I'm not sure what you wanted me to do.

earthcalling wrote:What we'll need to see is how the links work. Can you post a link in the forum, for the file to download?
David

gypsygirl · Post by **gypsygirl** » November 1st, 2006, 8:34 am

I just tried it out with a small word document and had no problems. We'll have to see how it does with larger files.

At the end of the upload I was given three possible ways to link to the file. The url to the file itself, the html code for a link, and the BB code.

Here's the test link: http://www.mediafire.com/?bxl7418x4xv

kayray · Post by **kayray** » November 1st, 2006, 8:42 am

It worked, Gypsy. Testing now with a big mp3... "no signup required" is music to my ears.
Uploading...
Nice status meter...
Done!
http://www.mediafire.com/?37fh98xrikv

Man, this is SWEET!

lugubres · Post by **lugubres** » November 1st, 2006, 8:53 am

Thanks Kara & Karen for testing my suggestion (MediaFire). I'm so glad it's working.
Lugubres

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » November 1st, 2006, 9:09 am

That's great news. I'll give it another try this evening.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » November 1st, 2006, 9:13 am

they have a nice fast connection -- the download speed for my mp3 hovered around 300kb/s.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » November 1st, 2006, 9:31 am

the mediafire site is so non-disgusting that I actually DID create an account just now :)

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » November 1st, 2006, 1:55 pm

It worked this time.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2pspbdmewv7

David

BaruMonkey · Post by **BaruMonkey** » November 5th, 2006, 3:45 pm

Wow, this is insane!

I submitted a 24MB reading just fine, and I'm now testing their servers by uploading a 700 MB file

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » November 5th, 2006, 5:44 pm

kayray wrote:It worked, Gypsy. Testing now with a big mp3... "no signup required" is music to my ears.
Uploading...
Nice status meter...
Done!
http://www.mediafire.com/?37fh98xrikv

Man, this is SWEET!

Kara —I loaded and listed to your file quickly and pleasantly. I mean it downloaded quickly (less than 2 minutes) and it was pleasent to listen to letter two.)