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  1. Originally posted by drewhigginsHey Remy, MediaFire I haven't had any real problems with yet, and seems pretty stable.

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    How's that sound to you?




    Too good to be true?
    I'm always a little anxious when I see so many great features for free. How long does it exist in this way? Approximately.
  2. You mean like this?

    There is currently no time limit on how long uploaded files will be stored as long as you access your account (i.e. login to your account) at least once every 60 days OR at least one of your files is accessed (i.e. downloaded) every 30 days.

    However, please keep in mind that MediaFire was designed to let people host files and images to share with others. It was not meant to be used as a backup service.

    If you're looking for a service to back up files (but not host them), we recommend using Mozy Online Backup. Mozy offers 2GB of disk space for free and unlimited disk space for only $4.95 per month.
  3. Originally posted by drewhigginsYou mean like this?

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    No, how long the service itself exists. You often see that new services with too much too-good-to-be-true stuff shutdown after a year or change their terms. That's why I always vote for Rapidshare, they have proven to be a stable party for so many years.
  4. Originally posted by Remy[..]

    No, how long the service itself exists. You often see that new services with too much too-good-to-be-true stuff shutdown after a year or change their terms. That's why I always vote for Rapidshare, they have proven to be a stable party for so many years.


    I wouldn't have a clue about that. The earliest support entry says June 2007 - so if that's right, then it's only been around for a year or so. Maybe it might be a better idea to stay with Rapidshare if it's a proven concept - and it does the job. Not particularly well, but well enough.

    Rapidshare has been around since 2002 - so it's definitely proven.
  5. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    I wouldn't have a clue about that. The earliest support entry says June 2007 - so if that's right, then it's only been around for a year or so. Maybe it might be a better idea to stay with Rapidshare if it's a proven concept - and it does the job. Not particularly well, but well enough.

    Rapidshare has been around since 2002 - so it's definitely proven.


    Yeah but Mediafire is starting to get a good alternative, it can do no harm to use both of them. If they have an easy upload system where you can upload multiple bootlegs at once it can be a good thing to upload the most popular bootlegs besides Rapidshare also to Mediafire.
  6. I personally have been downloading from Mediafire since early 2006, so it's been around since at least two years.

    As far as I'm concerned, I will never download from Rapidshare EVER AGAIN.

    You can download up to 12 files at once on Mediafire and while you can only upload one file at a time, you can create a free account, store your files (which will only be deleted if you delete them!) and you can see how many people are downloading your files.

    It is NOT too good to be true. It is THE TRUTH and I see it lasting a LONG TIME.
  7. Originally posted by beau99

    Unfortunately the download speed right now sucks. Only 62 KB a second, compared to the 150 I can get with Megaupload, or the 250 I can get with Mediafire.


    You think that's bad, I am trying to upload some upgrades to RS and I can only get 15 KBps {total} on a 64Kbps line

    I already tried to do 2 at once and both of them dropped to ~ 7.5 KBps
  8. Yeah - now that you mention it I did download around 15 50MB files (some music albums) and I got speeds of up to 150Kbps - this was on a 1.5Mbps DSL connection. Now downloading on an 8Mbps DSL connection, I got around 310-330Kbps.

    So it's quite good and very, very, very reliable. I try also to not download from Rapidshare, more Megaupload, because it is an absolute pain in the arse but if that's the only place to get it (besides a measly 2KB download speed from the otherwise great U2hub) then that's the only place to get it.
  9. Originally posted by beau99

    You can download up to 12 files at once on Mediafire and while you can only upload one file at a time, you can create a free account, store your files (which will only be deleted if you delete them!) and you can see how many people are downloading your files.

    It is NOT too good to be true. It is THE TRUTH and I see it lasting a LONG TIME.


    Without multiple simultaneous uploads mediafire wouldn't be much use for here. If they made a rapiduploader type tool then maybe. I've never had an issue with Rapidshare. Decent speeds, very good for uploading. It helps using a premium account but i've never had reason to complain about the service. Things do go south for free users though with those cats and stuff.
  10. I haven't seen the cats for ages, even without happy hours. But it'd be good for others - no reason we can't give it a go.

    Maybe in different countries you get better speeds.
  11. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    Without multiple simultaneous uploads mediafire wouldn't be much use for here. If they made a rapiduploader type tool then maybe. I've never had an issue with Rapidshare. Decent speeds, very good for uploading. It helps using a premium account but i've never had reason to complain about the service. Things do go south for free users though with those cats and stuff.


    Possible good news, I was looking and it turns out you can upload up to 10 files at one time with Mediafire.
  12. Originally posted by beau99[..]

    Possible good news, I was looking and it turns out you can upload up to 10 files at one time with Mediafire.


    Rapidshare is unlimited. I shall give MediaFire a whirl though with the odd bootleg to see how it goes
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