OT: Free Hosting for Big files

[sdavmor]

On 04/21/2010 01:20 AM, Franz Waldmüller wrote:
> Hi Jose
> Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez schrieb:
>> Hi There!.
>>
>> I need share a file bigger than 250 Mb. I was several days searching
>> the Internet for a free style hosting site, where my fellows can access
>> to the file and download it. But i can't find a "serious" free hosting.
>>
>> Do you know any web or ftp site where i can up this file?.
> a transfer with bittorrent would be very easy:
> Start Transmission:
> Applications ->  Internet ->  Transmission
> Torrent ->  New
> Select File or Folder
> add a tracker:
> e.g.:
> http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce
>
> do not select "private tracker"
>
> create the torrent
> Add the torrent to transmission, and as download folder select the
> folder where the original file/folder is located.
>
> Transmission will detect the existing files, and will be ready to seed
> the file to your friends.
>
> Email the created torrent file to your friends the will have to add the
> torrent to their bittorrent client.
> If the don't have a bittorrent client installed (Windows) check out
> deluge: http://deluge-torrent.org/ (there might be the need to restart
> windows after the install of deluge)
>
> if the don't have administrator privileges they may want to try:
> http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/utorrent_portable (Not Free as in
> Freedom)
> Linux clients should have a bittorrent client installed.
>
> It works like a charm + all Files are checked after the download.
> In order to transfer the files the seeder and the leecher have to be
> online at the same time. Contrary to conventional downloads it doesn't
> matter if the transfer is interrupted.
>
>
> If you want to transfer the file to several friends the usage of
> bittorrent will speed up the transfer (if your friends start seeding, too).
>
> If you have some secret documents to share you might want to create an
> encrypted archive before creating the torrent.
>
> Franz

While I'm inclined to go with Dropbox, this would work equally well.
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