Let's talk about hosting sites now. For all download freaks, I'm sure you already knew some popular hosting sites. as for now the most popular hosting site is probably rapidshare.com. well, it's halfway true ^^; if you're a premium member/user. but if you are just a free user like me, then rapidshare sucks!
Let's discuss these popular hosting sites then
1. RapidShare.com [RS]
the most popular hosting sites to download illegal software from Windows OS to graphic software (I got my PhotoShop from there *grins*), there are tons of movies, tv-shows and so on. If you have a super hi-speed inet connection as in >3,6 Mbps per PC, like whoaaa! then even if you're a free user you can still enjoy dl-ing from rapidshare. but if you're just like me w/ only 256 Kbps then I suggest you find links from other hosting sites. Just please not this one! Oh, and if you're also a Japanese freak, then be thankful coz most of Japanese TV shows/PV are not uploaded in this site.
2. Megaupload.com [MU]
My personal favorite, don't mind me though. I have a lifetime premium account in this site and it cost about USD 190 net. but you can also find cheaper reseller for premium accounts like paying IDR 30,000 per month via bank transfer. there are a lot of local reseller for MU you just have to google for that. one of the advantage using MU is that the links stay longer. Unlike other hosting sites that delete file/links after a month of the last download, MU retain the links up till 90days since the last download, besides they rarely inspect the legality of files uploaded there. For example, my friend sakura-chan upload Arashi Concert DVD file to MU, usually even after years the links/file will stay there while in other hosting sites like MediaFire, the links will be already dead. Other advantage, you can download file up to 1GB in size while in MF you can only dl max 100 MB and sendspace about 300 MB. For free user, try to make use of the ‘Happy Our’ feature, in Indonesia the happy hour started from 04.00-06.00 pm (jam 16.00-18.00 sore). At this span of time, you can download as many file as you want with a higher speed and unlimited number of files. So far, most of KAT-TUN’s, NewS’, K8’s, Arashi’s and HSJ’s files are stored on this site. Oh, some Quainte’s (SS501), Super Junior and Tohoshinki’s as well.
3. MediaFire.com [MF]
My personal favorite back then when I haven’t got my MU premium. This site provides a really good links for the free user/member. First advantage, you got a rather hi and stable speed when downloading from MF, you can use download accelerator and you can download as many files as you want with almost no limitation. If you’re a free user then try to use links first before trying the other. What I found lacks from MF is probably the span of time that the links will be inactive/dead, especially if the uploader is also a free user, usually it takes a month since the last download for a link to be dead. Besides that MF is rather strict when it comes to copyrighted materials like DVD ripped video. I found a lot of broken/dead links of some old KAT-TUN’s files from MF. For the uploader, I suggest to change the file name into something more unsuspicious so that MF will not delete the files. If only there’s local reseller for MF, I’ll try to have the premium member. So far, MF hosted most of JE’s files as well but be aware that mostly old files’ links will already be dead. All SHINee’s, some Super Junior’s are also hosted by this site.
4. iFile.it
It’s an Italian hosting site in English Language it seems, but the headquarter is in German, wonder why~ lol. This site is really good, the feature is almost the same with MF, only their server run in Linux which is good since it enables them to give a better speed for the downloader. Other than that, you can download/upload file up to 250 Mb. Too bad that this site isn’t that popular at the moment despite the fact the features is really good. I download some of my manga collection from this site.
5. USAUpload
A full free hosting site, support download manager/accelerator and no need for registration. The bad side is the links are easily dead. Good to upload a temporary file. Got some of my manga collection from there.
6. Badongo
Quite good for free user, but the waiting time is a bit annoying. Support download accelerator, broken download can be resumed, not really stable speed. File size that can be uploaded is 100 Mb the last time I checked.
7. TurboUpload
Quite good speed for free user, but sometimes you’ll get “the traffic download in your country is currently busy” message, that you have to try again some other time. Support download accelerator and download resuming.
8. SendSpace.com [SS]
Annoying hosting site. Support download accelerator but only one mirror line link can be used so the speed is poorly slow and not stable and the worse is you can’t resume your broken download! This is one my least favorite hosting site coz besides the lack features, the premium member cost is expensive and I can’t find local reseller for this.
9. 4Shared .com
Hosting many mangas that I like T_T, too bad it doesn’t support download accelerator nor download resuming. You can only use your browser downloader. The good side, uploading is quite easy. Once again if you got a stable and hi-speed inet, it might not be a problem for you o download for 4Shared, but if you’re a free user 4Shared is a NO!
10. Sharebee
This is actually not a hosting site, it is a distributing hosting site *wonder if this term is right* meaning that the files you upload here will be stored in various hosting site, usually RS, MU, MF, Badongo and TurboUpload. It’s pretty good actually considering you have plenty link choices.
Conclusion~
# If you’re a free uploader, share your file on MU or MF cos it will make it easier for the people who download them. Remember to check the links for about once per 90days for MU and once per month for MF. Oh, there’s this feature in MU and MF that when people download your files you earn point in which you can redeem/exchange with a free premium account. Just read the terms and condition at the respective sites.
# If you’re considering to buy a premium account, I suggest you buy an MU lifetime premium membership. Considering you’ll have a lifetime premium features then USD 190 is very reasonable and cheap. Well you can compare to other hosting sites for price reference if you want to dig in any further. Besides, MU is the only hosting site that has local reseller in Indonesia, so yeah…you don’t have to own a credit card to pay.
# If you are a free downloader, always choose MF link first before any other link! If there’re no MF link, then use iFile, Badongo, USAUpload or TurboUpload. If the aforementioned links are not available then use MU (take advantage of the ‘happy hour’) last choice is SendSpace, while like I said 4Shared is a NO! regarding Sharebee, the priority is the same in choosing the links.
Actually, there are many other hosting sites that I haven’t mentioned like Ziddu, NetLoad, YouSendIt [YSI] and ClubBox.kr, but since they are rarely used –well, rarely used as in my Japanese Stuffs aren’t stored there* so I don’t write about them any further.
Okay, hope this helped.
Friday, July 3, 2009
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