group5e Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hello, I was wondering what would be a good service to use for free file hosting. I have some large files I want to put up and share with the GIS community. I want to start giving something back to this website that has given me so much. Any suggestions? Thanks, group5e 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahmansunbeam Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 You can use Multiupload. It's a single place to upload and mirror to nine different host at once. For big file I think of any cloud (ie - adrive.com) make more sense. Recent changes in American internet regulations are making the whole content sharing more challenging than ever. After Megaupload, all of them running mad! Avoid popular file sharing sites like Mediafire, use others you haven't heard before (avoiding phishing and frauds :wink: ). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 hello, this is interesting topic we now must think reliable file sharing, since many take down in the past (remember bout megaupload and the rest) maybe someone can share bout the experience on file sharing and decide the best file sharing and we can choose it as our unofficial mirror just my 2 cent regards, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
group5e Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 I probably should have said in my last post that I am very familiar with most clouds as well as sharing sites like Mediafire or Uploading.com. I'm also aware of google drive and dropbox. The problem is that they have limited storage capacity and are limited in file sizes. This means that files need to be split into many archives and that makes things "unpleasant" for everyone involved. Even if there was a secure FTP connection site... I do like the idea posed by lurker. File sharing is extremel unreliable and keeping files (even encrypted) in any cloud service can put uploaders and downloaders at risk. Again, I wonder if secure FTP is the way to go.... Something password protected... If anyone has a private FTP setup and is interested . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahmansunbeam Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Agreed with Group5e on file splitting issue. This is true for most good site. In that case torrent is always the best idea. But how many of us could buy dedicated or shared server or even a seedbox? Maybe gisarea could help us find one. Or something like Lavteam! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 hello rahman correct , most reliable storage would be buy dedicated server, like or friend in LAVTeam, to ensure all files not missing but, compare to personal hosting, dedicated server far more expensive, approx 100 - 200 dollars/month and by saving the file to our server, we need to find best offshore hosting, not in US, since their DMCA law, maybe like Russian server will be the nice choice regards, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxoctal Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 I would prefer filevice.com Use coupon code FILEVICE121 for free 90 Days premium account 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxoctal Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) I would prefer filevice.com Use coupon code FILEVICE121 for free 90 Days premium account Edited August 23, 2013 by maxoctal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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