Sunrise View Behind Ibusuki Seaside Hotel | Kagoshima, Japan

Friday, December 29, 2006

Local File Sharing Website

Some of you people might have already know this file sharing website. For the rest who have got no idea what it is actually, let me explain you.

The actual term used to describe this type of web services in the Internet is "One-Click Hosters". Basically, it allows Internet users to easily upload any type of file onto the hoster's server free of charge. To access to the uploaded file at a later time, users have just to click onto the URL given after the uploading is complete.

The one thing special that I liked this site is that it allows users to encrypt the file with passwords (ZIP file), so other users would not be able to open the file easily without a password. This site is useful if for example you like to share some photos or video with friends, but do not wish to flood their mail. Most importantly, this is a local site, thus the speed should be faster compared to the rest. So, to start using, click here.

Currently, there are many file sharing websites all around the world, with different maximum upload sizes and limitation of bandwidth. To see the comparison chart from wikipedia click here.

Below are the list of one-click hosters that I have used before.

  • Depositfiles
  • Filefactory
  • Megashares
  • Megaupload
  • RapidShare
  • Sendspace
  • Storeandserve
  • YouSendIt