FREE FILE HOSTING SERVICES
displayed according to maximum file size.

SENDOVER
maximum file size: 2GB
link's life span: 7 days

MEGASHARES
maximum file size: 1.5GB
link's life span: deleted after 25 days of inactivity

BOX [ONLINE STORAGE]
maximum storage space: 1GB [free upgrade to 5GB of space after 5 friend referrals]
>> need to sign up for a free account

YOUSENDIT
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: 100 downloads or 7 days

BIGFILEUPLOAD
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: unknown/to be determined

UP-FILE
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: unlimited

TRANSFERBIGFILES
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: 20 downloads or 5 days

FILEFRONT
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: unlimited

EASYFILEHOST
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: unknown/to be determined

BADONGO
maximum file size: 1GB
link's life span: unlimited

FTPZ
maximum file size: 1001MB
link's life span: unknown/to be determined

DEPOSITFILES
maximum file size: 1000MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

GIGESHARE
maximum file size: 1000MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

BIGUPLOAD
maximum file size: 1000MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

OXYSHARE
maximum file size: 700MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

MAILBIGFILE
maximum file size: 512MB
link's life span: 3 downloads or 7 days

SHAREBIGFILE
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

FUPLOAD
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: 7 days

FILEFACTORY
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: deleted after 15 days of inactivity

SPREAD-IT
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: 14 days

MOOLOAD
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: unlimited

ZUPLOAD
maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

RAPIDUPLOAD
maximum file size: 300MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

SENDSPACE
maximum file size: 300MB
link's life span: deleted after 7 days of inactivity
limitations: free users are limited to a maximum of 1GB in downloads per day

FILEHUT
maximum file size: 250MB [after registration]
link's life span: unknown/to be determined
limitations: registration required [free]

UPDOWNLOADSERVER
maximum file size: 250MB
link's life span: unknown/to be determined
limitations: uploads will be checked by administration

FILEWIRE
maximum file size: 250MB
link's life span: unknown/to be determined

GIMEHOST
maximum file size: 250MB
link's life span: unlimited

FASTERUPLOAD
maximum file size: 250MB
link's life span: unlimited

MEGAUPLOAD
maximum file size: 250MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

UPLOADING
maximum file size: 150MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

DROPLOAD
maximum file size: 100 MB
link's life span: deleted after 7 days; or after 1 download

ZSHARE
maximum file size: 100MB
link's life span: deleted after 10 days of inactivity

TURBOUPLOAD
maximum file size: 70MB
link's life span: unlimited

FILELODGE
maximum file size: 50MB [online storage of 500MB]
link's life span: unlimited

XUPLOADS
maximum file size: 20MB
link's life span: 100 downloads or 30 days

>> feel free to reply with new links/sites that offer free file hosting services, since i'll be updating this post with any new discoveries i find lurking on the net.

SO great~!!!! Thanx u a lot Telly!^__^

dang, i didn't know ysi changed their policy. i just checked it out. how lame

Mofile (1.8GB)
sendspace (1.2GB)
TransferBigFiles (1GB)
Badongo (1GB)
FileFactory (500MB-1.5GB)
Spread-It (500MB)
zUpload (500MB)
Uploading.com (300MB)
RapidUpload (300mb)
Megaupload (250 MB)
Bigupload (200MB)
Upload'r (150-300MB)
RapidShare (100MB)
QuickDump (100MB)
MyFileLink (100MB)
Easy-Sharing (75Mb)
TurboUpload (70MB)
Savefile (60MB)
UploadSend (50MB)
Yourfilehost (50MB)
UploadHut (50MB)
filecoast (50MB)
Files.to (50MB)
iHud (50mb)
mytempdir (40Mb)
UploadTemple (30 MB)
11mbit.in (30MB)
UltraShare (28.6MB)
FileCabi (10mb)

I could cross reference this with yours if you alphabetized yours in a wordprocessor first

TELLY! <3 thank you for making this very useful & informative thread...
*huggles you* muah~~

Thx Telly for posting this useful info... I didn't realize there were so many.. i only knew about the common ones like filefront, sendspace, yousendit, and of coz megaupload. yeah I got myself a lifetime acct @ megaupload since always dlding from there.

hhhmm for filefront the speed is very unstable... I will be dlding w/ like 70kbs then after awhile it goes to like 0.73kbs... so everytime i dld from there i have to sit in front of the pc... stopping and resuming it to get it over 50kbs... i like using the other 3 services since the speed is constant and fast...

I don't know where to post this but it is somewhat related to the hosting services...

[UPDATED, MAY 6th 2006] - I hope ALL the pictures will help you understand what i am trying to explain here... :-)
Some Tips downloading from Megaupload ("MU"):

1) Always use a file download manager program like flashget, getright, etc. (since anything unexpected could happen causing us to lose the download)… Since I uses Flashget, I will use it as my example….
2) Since MU only allow one download connection @ a time from an IP address, you should set the maximum download jobs to 1 … (maximum download jobs mean how many files you could download @ the same time).

>>To get to the window below, you must select “Tools”, then “Options”, then the “Connection” tab.


3)Also, don’t split the file to download. Splitting the file to download creates more than one connection. Most download managers let us open more than one connection per download…we need to change it to “1”

>> it is the Properties window of the download itself….


4) Start your first file download using your download manager, after awhile you could pause this download (but before pausing it, just make sure you already started downloading...well if you don't start the download, the link will eventually expire but if you started the download the link somehow stay alive)…


5) Repeat step 4 for your next file download...basically repeat this step until you have no more files to download (last download) as per the pictures below…








6) Lastly restart all the downloads…we could do this by selecting and highlighting all the paused downloads…in the picture below, the shaded gray area is my selected files...this way I could just hit the start button to restart all the downloads…


It will download the files one @ a time (because the setup done in step 2) and the queued downloads won’t expire since it was started already (setup done in step 4 & 5)…


>>>> I do this all the time especially @ night… so when I wake up I have all the files completed (oh, i also did this before i got myself an account from MU so I know it works for non-members)… I posted this up because I noticed the 3:1 ratio of the 2 splitted file I uploaded onto megaupload, so i am thinking it is creating a hassle for people to download...so to make it more convenient and less time consuming i wanted to share my tips/tricks/insights with others... hopefully this is helpful and not confusing you! .... its just uploading is such a drag i rather just upload it once and have it available for a long time and the size limitation on megaupload forces the split of the file and I don't want it to cause anyone any inconveniences ...
>>Sorry if this is not related to the topic...but i couldn't find something more related...

I have never tried that bebiwinwin.
I shall try that one of these days. Just copy the link when it says ready to dl?
I assume it works well when the dl is stuck at 30k/s >_<

Ill try that in a little while.

It would be nice to have average dl speeds attainable from these servers also.

thanks everyone for providing helpful tips and insights =)

yep, those download managers are very helpful, especially if the connection is unstable.

we all don't want our videos downloading halfway through, only to receive an error message in the end =p

also, about the average download speeds for each server, most of the sites don't include it in their FAQ or terms of service. i'm thinking we'd have to do a little more research on this? hee =D

I understand that neat megaupload trick now. Took me a while to understand >_<

Current status of Megaupload
150k/s (my max) for one file
2k->60k->2k->6k... I wish the graph was of a convergent series over this weird fluxuation.

Rapidshare
150k/s but the go to router settings, click disconnect, click reconnect, clear cookies, download gets tiresome.

hhmmm, copying the link?? I am a little confuse on what you asking....
>>well when you click on the "MegaUpload download link" (I usually right-click and a menu will come up so i will select "Open in New Window") or i guess you could also copy and paste it...
>>then the web page will load with a right-button saying "Please wait 45 seconds"...
>>eventually, an ad will pop up in front of the link/button... this will hide the link/button....
>>you could just close it by pressing the X on the ad window...this will unhide the link/button...
>>afterward, I just right-click the link/button so a menu will pop-down...from that, i will choose "Download using "the name of your download manager program"...
>>then your download manager should pop open your new download window...for me i just make sure everything is setup right then i will just click OK so it will start downloading...
>>this is when my tricks/tips come into effect...

I hope this answers your question....and made my posts more understandable


yeah, i hate it when i loses my download...expecially when it is almost done...that happened alot to me before....but now i need a upload manager for megaupload (i guess!)...haha...when reuploading a file on Wed...i clicked a link my frd sent me and i lost the whole upload (i was almost done too ) ...and had to restart....haha... i was shocked & speechless

Wow this list is great, I can upload all my movie files and such there for storage finally! Thanks man! (loving rapidupload)

i totally don't remember the fluctuation of the speed from megaupload but i have to say it is better than filefront haha...i say this because i remembered at least megaupload's speed will increase back up when it reach like 1kbs...filefront doesn't it just stays there haha .....Also, like i say i set this up before i sleep or before i go out...instead of constantly waiting by the computer i could do other things... (so i don't get to see the fluctuation)

hhmmm...I uploaded to megaupload because I was thinking long-term availability...I been reading the old drama forums...there is always people asking for reups since the links before expired...

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=386624
this thread has a really long list of free hosts as well

o wow u're awesome. i was just looking for yousendit alternatives. this list is great, all the info so clearly. now,...to get ppl to stop using yousend it with all its expired/blocked links, argh. thanks!

Whoa, I didn't know that YSI changed their file size! O_O;

Thanks for the links! ^^

darn, i was wondering why some people who downloaded my files from sendspace said that they were over their bandwidths.

i should read the FAQ and fine print more often now, huh =p

QUOTE

sendspace Lite™ users are limited to a maximum of 1GB of downloads per day.

gahhhhhh

will include this in the first post as a 'limitation' of sendspace =D

adding FILEWIRE to the list;
250MB limit for single or multiple files, and also offers hotlinking of thumbnailed images, which is pretty cool.

Thanks for da link, Telly. Didn't know there're so many alternatives hosts around.

BTW,Does anyone else have a near-impossible time getting anything to download from Sendspace.Com? When I "Right Click, Save As..." all I get is an HTML page, and when I click normally I get a far too quick download (for the size of the file). The resulting file usually ends up being less than 10KB, and does not remotely resemble the download I was trying to acquire

I didn't realize YSI reduced it :x That sucks. Here's another, though I'm not sure about the restrictions.

http://www.gigeshare.com/
limit: 1000mb
link's life span: 30 days of inactivity

oooh, niiiice!
haha, they just had to make it 1000MB and not 1024MB, eh? =p

thanks for sharing! <3

i found this list on solid07, so i'll just post the ones that haven't been listed yet


http://datapickup.com
Max File Size: 1.5GB
File deleted after 7 days


http://www.transferbigfiles.com
Max File Size: 1GB
File deleted after 5 days/20 downloads

http://www.xuploads.com
Max File Size: 500MB
File deleted after 30 days/100 downloads

http://ftpz.us
Max File Size: 498MB
Everything else is unlimited

http://tv.isg.si/site/
Max File Size: 333MB Disk Space/File Size (more upon request), FTP Access

http://www.thefilehut.com
Max File Size: 250MB
Free registration required


http://www.updownloadserver.com
Max File Size: 250MB (Uploads will be checked by an admin before publishing)

http://www.sharebigfile.com
Max File Size: 250MB
File deleted after 7 days

http://www.filecache.de
Max File Size: 125MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days

http://www.pushfile.net
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 7 days

http://www.dropload.com
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted after 7 days or after the first download

http://www.turboupload.com
Max File Size: 70MB

http://www.picapic.net
Max File Size: 60MB

http://www.nexmicrosystems.com
Max File Size: 60MB
File deleted after 30 days

http://www.psychohost.com
Max File Size: 50MB
Everything else unlimited.

oohwahhh, this is great. =)

thanks for sharing! <3

wow...
so many...
alll i knew is YSI,MU sendspace and rapidshare...
thanks a lot!!!

Anyone put zshare yet?

http://www.zshare.net/
up to 100MB; unlimited downloads

yay, more links! thanks a lot. =D

can someone give me a list of those file hosting sites that allow u to let others watch MV's or listen to music online... it's been hard for me to find it...

Thanks for the list.

But for this;

QUOTE

UPLOADING
maximum file size: 300MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

They say 150MB not 300MB T_T

aww, poo, they probably changd their limit from the last time i checked then.

will change the information now.

thanks for the heads up! =)

thanks

so does that mean that these links dont expire

telly, this is very appreciated. Thanks for your time and effort.

Anyway, does anyone know which of these is a reliable server that won't take unreasonably long for HQ/700mb+ files? I've tried a few of the 700mb+ servers that are provided on this list, but they are taking me over 18+ hours(!!!!!), even though I have a pretty good connection going..

I think every file server should be more like clubbox!

hehe, you're welcome. =)

uhmm, i usually use gigeshare or up-file, and my 700MB files usually take 3-4 hours to upload.

have you tried any of those servers yet?

i found out zshare expires after 10 days if no activity

Wow its smart of u telly to start this thread as i always have some difficulty to search for a new alternatives for YSI.

But anyway i wanted to share some new links here too.

Share2net- upload up to 100mb. it quite kinda the same like rapid share but a littel bit less complicated than rapidshare lol.

fileforge-up to 350mb

edited the information.
thanks for informing me. =D


hehe, i wish yousendit or sendspace never changed their policies.
but i guess they have to think of more ways to make money, eh?

ooh and yay, more links, thanks a lot! =D

I use http://filelodge.com

It's pretty good.

500 MB of storage and 50 MB to upload at a time (if I remember).

Links don't get deleted due to inactivity. I'm pretty sure it doesn't since I had it for a while.

-Christina

hee, i guess yousendit finally noticed that their users have slowly been shying away from their file hosting service, eh?

i just checked them up today, and i was greeted with a big surprise!

you can once again upload files up to 1GB in size, and the files will expire after 100 downloads or after 7 days.

i say it's a good enough deal. =)

here is another good site to upload stuff too. limit is 250mbs and as far as i know there isnt any 'limit' to days or downloads.

www.gimehost.com/

Yeah I recommend filelodge aswell. I've been using it for a year now I think, and my files are still active. the mp3 files load pretty fast on sites too.

hee, thanks for the recommendation!
i actually made an account, and it's treating me pretty well. =)


thanks for the link.
will edit it onto the first post.


really? that's cool.
hehe, i just realized i haven't put the link up at the first post yet.
i'll go do that now.

FREE 1 GB storage; Unlimited hosting time; Unlimited bandwidth!

anyone heard of this?

apparently, some of the sites in the first post don't work anymore, and some either increased or decreased their file size limits and/or link life spans.

so, with that in mind, i cleaned up the first post. =)

I thought DepositFiles lasted for ninety days and remain forever if enough people (no idea how many) download from it? Or maybe I read it wrong.

i believe they renewed their FAQ:

QUOTE

How long will DepositFiles store my files?

If you have a GOLD-account , your files will be stored for 180 days from their last download, if you do not delete them yourself. If you use our free service, then your files will be stored for 30 days from their last download.

i've realized most of these sites give links to their websites so that other people can download what you uploaded there but which site will give you a link so that you can put it on ur xanga and it'll directly play? i hope i made sense >.<

hrmm, have you tried hosting it on youtube? =)

filesend.net

250mb max
deleted after 30 days no activity

i think you'll be interested in my sig =D

shameless self promotion here.

http://www.quicksharing.com

maximum file size: 500MB
link's life span: deleted after 30 days of inactivity

filesend.net :
250 MB of space for to upload
Unlimited downloads!

anyone knows how do i get rid of Mega upload's premium?