Orbitfiles.com appears to be stepping into online storage before Microsoft and Google can get there. They currently give a user 1000MB to store their files at no cost. The nice thing about their file storage is that you can make some files public, which would allow you to send a URL to a friend and let them download the file.
They also have a nice backup program called Hercules. With Hercules you are able to synchronize a directory on your computer with their online storage. This is especially useful so that you can schedule a backup while you are sleeping at night.
If 1000MB isn’t enough for you then you can spend $4.99 per month to get 5000MB! This is a very good offer when you compare it to other online storage systems (5GB at Xdrive is $10).
Now what about limitations? Sites like Streamload offer an astounding 25GB for free, however, they only allow you to have 500MB of bandwidth usage per month. With Orbitfiles you get unlimited bandwidth usage but they limit you to 30MB files if you are uploading with their web interface. If you upload files using their Hercules software then there is no limitation there either.
I am impressed at what this company has to offer at no cost but I am still going to anxiously await the release of Google’s GDrive. Google has rumored that they will offer unlimited storage with unlimited bandwidth, and how can anyone beat that?
This sounds good, the main thing I like the sound of is the fact that you can download a program to access your space – as far as I know Google haven’t yet announced how you can access the space, but uploading big files through a browser is always dodgy at best and I prefer to use my own FTP webspace rather than email a large file, due to only using GMail for email stuff.
So maybe good, but I’m also going to wait until Google release their new child.
will it host mp3’s so i can use it as backround sound for one of my webpages??
The site currently appears to be down. It’s been like this for a couple of days. My guess is they bit off more than they could chew.