Re: [PCWorks] Free long-term online storage with easy download facilities
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:56:56 -0500
Why not just get a web host?
Godaddy will give you 100 GB for two years at $5.94/month.
Most of the online sites I've fooled with have extremely slow upload and
download speeds.
There's a Google hack that will allow this in your gmail account , but I
think the limit is 10MB for a single file.
David Grossman wrote:
> I would like to store several hundred files in a free online file storage
> site. Most of the files range between 1-13 megabytes in size.
> I want people to be able to download selected files easily (they should not
> have to deal with more than "Save File As" from the online file storage
> site).
> I am not concerned about security. None of the files contain confidential
> information.
> I checked out a number of free online storage sites. I have two concerns:
>
> 1. Many of them are new. How can I tell which sites have backing and are
> likely to be around for at least a year or two?
> 2. Many of them will delete files that have not been downloaded within 3
> months. While some files will be downloaded frequently, I cannot make that
> commitment with other files. Which of the reliable download sites will store
> files for an unlimited amount of time?
>
> Is there any reason why I should not use a website like Googlepages for
> long-term storage? I would need several Googlepages websites, because of
> their 100 MB limit. I didn't see any warning against this in their TOS, but
> they may object because the website was not intended to be used for file
> storage.
>
> Do any PCWorkers have experience with these sites?
>
> David Grossman
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