Skip MegaUpload; Try Boxify.me!
I’ve seen a couple of people make use of the MegaUpload file-hosting/download service lately, and while I always love to see development on Ultima-related projects, I frankly despise services like MegaUpload, with their throttled free downloads and entirely-too-aggressive ads.
Which is why I was rather happy to see this article on LifeHacker this morning, which introduces a new file-sharing service: Boxify.me.
This free service doesn’t require a sign-up in order to post files; each “box” has a private URL that can be shared with as wide (or narrow) an audience as you care to make it known to. Nothing on the Boxify.me site indicates that there is a limit on file size or type, either.
Give it a try, Dragons and Dragonettes; if it works as well as it appears to, then please consider using it instead of services like MegaUpload.
Of course: if it’s Ultima project-related files you’d like to host, I can always set you up FTP access and a project entry.
Unlimited doesn’t exist, we in the hosting industry love to joke about such things. 😉
That service is going to get damn slow once the news spreads about it.
I usually point non-clients to Dropbox; 2gb of space and 10gb daily bandwidth for free is a good deal.
Dropbox is awesome as well; I use it all the time. I think it only allows for one-shot (or rapid-expiry, at any rate) links to stored files, though.
They should use bittorrent to distribute the load, maybe a Java client that works silently in the web browser while you’re getting your download.
Since you’re mentioning Dropbox, I trust you’re familiar with their recent security breaches…
Yes, which is why I use things like BoxCryptor or TrueCrypt as well!
Any “cloud” type services will suffer these. That’s definitely something to be aware of. I would never submit sensitive, illegal, or otherwise exploitable data to any of these services, whatever their track record.
I keep some sensitive stuff in the cloud. My life has become far too mobile for me not to.
But you can bet I encrypt the flaming hell out of it. 😉