A few hours ago when I posted the Firefox Portable 3 Alpha 1 I thought it would be a good time to try out the MediaFire hosting service. As it turns out there servers stopped working so I went looking around for another file sharing service. The first place that I came across was this Wikipedia article that compares nearly all online file sharing services in a nice table that covers:
- Language
- Max File Size
- Waiting Time
- File/Bandwidth Limitations
- File Expiration (duration they keep your file after it becomes inactive)
I looked at MediaFire on that list and it looked great since it said “unlimited” for nearly all of the limitations. Then I searched the page to see what other unlimited ones I could find, and FileHo.com was the first to popup. They offer no waiting time, unlimited speeds, unlimited file-size, unlimited lifetime of files and unlimited disk space which is exactly what I was looking for. Hmm…then it has to be loaded down with ads like we have all come to expect from file hosting sites like RapidShare, right? Get this, they don’t have any ads.
I am still going back and forth through my mind trying to figure out how they can afford to do this. You don’t have to register if you want to upload a file but I decided to just so that I could easily access things that I have uploaded. The upload interface, as pictured above, couldn’t get much simpler and after the process finishes you will receive the download page link and also the link to delete the file at any time. Or, you could use an FTP client to upload files as long as your a registered user.
So how nice does the download page look? Take a look at the one for the file I uploaded and judge for yourself. If you choose to “Publish” your file they will place it in their catalog for others to see but that is totally optional.
Something just doesn’t seem right because the service is too remarkable. I’ve looked through their Terms and Conditions and there isn’t anything unusual there either. Am I missing something?
Some file hosting sites are located in Washington, D.C.
makes you wonder
I’m guessing they might be using metadata for something or since they’re still relatively new, they might still be ‘beta’ in some way or another.
And thanks for the write-up. I’m definitely going to try them out.
hmmm! maybe they plan to add ads later, after they’ve got a bigger audience? who knows…
I was thinking that they might plan to put the ads in later as well, but I can’t believe that they would be boasting that as one of the features if they were going to change it later on.
How new is FileHo? maybe it is just a matter a time before we see ads?
When we choose file hosting services one important thing we should consider is Reliability .thats the reason why,most of the people still use rapidshare in spite of hell lot ads and restrictions. For big files, I would still recommend rapidshare
These are the sites that I use regularly for big files
1.sendspace
2.rapidshare
For small files, I always use [4shared.com] , simply the best!
I’m going to test it soon.
I linked to you.
Try eSnips ([esnips.com]), they give you 1GB free with no limitations and you can keep your stuff private or make them public. A good one.
i doubt this means anything, and i didn’t notice it before (don’t know if it was there before), but there is now a 1×1 gif on fileho’s home page, apparently a stats counter, from sexcounter.com. hmmmm.
Hmm, nice catch. I wonder if they are using the service to bump up some kind of stats for another site?
Give a shot at [transfer.ro.] I found it perfect for my needs . Has some drawbacks (10 days of storage) but the speed is amazing.
I’ve been using Fileho for several months now and it’s impressive!! Buh-Bye Rapidshare.