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Froth
April 5th, 2001, 08:16
I'm looking to host a 30 megabyte file on a free service - although most of the ones I've tried have upload limits (TopCities won't let me upload anything >900kb, for instance). The only service I know of without any type of upload limits is Crosswinds - and the reviews of it seem less that positive.. :) Are there any other services out there that will let me upload this 30 meg file? Thanks!

-Froth
Bruce
April 5th, 2001, 14:08
I doubt you would find a host (other than crosswinds) that would allow it. Perhaps an online file storage (http://www.freewebspace.net/guide/diskstorage.shtml) site?
RedHat
April 5th, 2001, 14:23
Can't you split up the file into little ones ?
(with a file splitter)
laurie
April 5th, 2001, 17:29
Think prohosting might allow large files.
Froth
April 5th, 2001, 20:35
I think I'll try an online File Storage site. Any suggestions as to one with:

Easy (Quick) Upload / Download
Somewhat User Friendly
30+ Meg Space
and.. possibly.. one where the person who wants to download doesn't need to register (a la MySpace?)

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

-Froth
LeX
April 5th, 2001, 23:55
NBCi (http://www.nbci.com) allows file sizes up to 11MB max w/ unlimited space. So you'll just have to split up your >11MB files into <11MB files.
Coolin
April 6th, 2001, 01:09
I think Yahoo Briefcase doesn't need the person to register. But they only offer 25 megs, perhaps you could sign up for multiple accounts.
laurie
April 6th, 2001, 03:19
IDRIVE does.

Was very slow at one stage, but when I last tried it (a while ago) it wasn't so bad - 35kb/s
LeX
April 6th, 2001, 06:50
But people need to have an account at iDrive in order to download.
Wallker
April 6th, 2001, 06:58
Originally posted by Coolin
I think Yahoo Briefcase doesn't need the person to register. But they only offer 25 megs, perhaps you could sign up for multiple accounts.

On Yahoo Briefcase it is Filesize restriction (each File max. 5MB) and Upload restriction. And they hang an extra bit on your file.
laurie
April 6th, 2001, 08:03
No they don't - you can browse IDRIVE folders without an account - but there is a 100mb daily transfer limit per account.
LeX
April 6th, 2001, 08:43
Really? I thought they were like FreeDrive...
laurie
April 6th, 2001, 09:32
No ;)

Freedrive don't allow public sharing at all now do they?
Coolin
April 7th, 2001, 00:58
Originally posted by Wallker

Originally posted by Coolin
I think Yahoo Briefcase doesn't need the person to register. But they only offer 25 megs, perhaps you could sign up for multiple accounts.

On Yahoo Briefcase it is Filesize restriction (each File max. 5MB) and Upload restriction. And they hang an extra bit on your file. Well... Splitting up a file to smaller pieces isn't that difficult since you have to split it up anyways. (A 30 meg file uploaded in one huge chunk isn't that good of an idea)
Wallker
April 7th, 2001, 12:23
Well... Splitting up a file to smaller pieces isn't that difficult since you have to split it up anyways. (A 30 meg file uploaded in one huge chunk isn't that good of an idea) [/B][/QUOTE]

By resplitting, you will have big trouble, because of this
extra Byte that Yahoo hangs on the files. Have made bad
experience with that.