Free file hosting

[death metal black metal]

These are free file hosts suitable for purposes of uploading files 50-150mb with one click, no registration, and the file persists as long as it is downloaded.

Please upload files to more than one to serve as a contingency plan.

Preferred Free One-Click File Hosting Services

http://www.hightail.com/

http://senditz.com/ - do not use apostrophes in file name; this host is preferred for its tolerant policy

http://www.sendspace.com/

http://depositfiles.com/

http://www.box.com/

http://opendrive.com/

http://www.filesanywhere.com/

http://rapidgator.net/

http://www.mediafire.com/

Other Free One-Click File Hosting Services

http://www.zippyshare.com/

http://www.filedropper.com/

http://www.sendspace.com/

http://www.filesend.net/

http://www.fileswap.com/

http://hotfile.com/

http://www.mediafire.com/

https://mega.co.nz/

http://www.megafileupload.com/

http://www.hostfile.nl/

http://www.megashares.com/

http://uploading.com/

http://free.mailbigfile.com/

http://www.speedyshare.com/

http://www.fileconvoy.com/

http://www.ultrashare.net/

http://www.webfilehost.com/

http://www.fast-files.com/

http://www.speedshare.org/

http://www.files.com/

http://temp-share.com/

http://bitshare.com/

http://www.4shared.com/

http://cloudzer.net/

Lists of Free One-Click File Hosting Services

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Web_Applications/Storage/
http://filesharefreak.com/2009/08/26/100-of-the-best-free-file-hosting-upload-sites

[Wild]

Additionally, dropbox gives 2gb free hosting and there's no minimum download quota.

Mediafire is rather poor - files go dead often and their copyright system is somewhat effective.

[death metal black metal]

Dropbox requires a specialized client, so no one-click = no go. Agreed on Mediafire. It's disappointing, because in this case we're actually working to further the interests of these bands who would otherwise be buried under an onslaught of nu-metal, metalcore, indie metal, alternative metal and other AIDS-ridden shit.

[death metal black metal]

Please go to the TEST THREAD and download at least one of these copies of our test album:

http://www.deathmetal.org/forum/index.php/topic,862.msg5701.html#msg5701

This thread is here because I needed a list of these to link to from the Audiofile FAQ, and most existing lists were either antiquated or spammy.

Also check out this TEST THREAD from January:

http://www.deathmetal.org/forum/index.php/topic,16830.0.html

Some of the highest attrition is among hosting providers themselves, e.g. out of business or software not working.

[grecocastro]

Mediafire have some errors, there the files deleted by FBI service, the file have to accessed a lot of times to not be deleted by the server. 4shared isn't too practical but works well.

[grecocastro]

In your opinion what is the best service?

[death metal black metal]

I'm going with Jim's idea that SendItz is the most functional but that it's best to upload to several, like SendItz, 4shared and Box.

[trystero]

Downloaded from the box.com link, seems excellent, no hassle, no waiting, no popups, good download speed.

[death metal black metal]

SendItz and MegaFileUpload both failed in hilarious ways.

[Jim Necroslaughter]

In your opinion what is the best service?

SendItz.  I just did a brief spot check of some stuff I uploaded probably back in February/March and it's still up, so the longevity is really what makes it valuable.

[death metal black metal]

Unfortunately, I can't use SendItz -- it doesn't work from here.

Mediafire also had good retention rates considering how long the files have been there. But, they delete anything that isn't used within a relatively short period of time.

An absolute huge NO to SendSpace, which retains almost nothing.

DepositFiles, 4shared and MEGA look good.

[Rotten Ralph]

Unfortunately, I can't use SendItz -- it doesn't work from here.

I find SendItz doesn't work if I'm uploading anything else at the same time. If that's not it then I have no idea what's going wrong there.