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That Guy John
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Posted: 6th May 2010 21:43
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Hosting a game file on your own web server would be havoc on your bandwidth usage, so what file hosting services do you recomend?

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General Jackson
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Posted: 6th May 2010 21:54
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Mediafire.

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castek
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Posted: 8th May 2010 21:08
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Quote: "Mediafire."
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defiantly, super easy for both the uploader and downloader. no "wait 125 seconds before download starts"

200mb max upload

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That Guy John
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Posted: 9th May 2010 10:05
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Thank you to both of you for replying.

What about filefront? They claim unlimited space and bandwidth here> http://www.filefront.com/developers_hosting.php

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Sid Sinister
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There are some hosts out there that have unlimited bandwidth. BigAdd told me his a while ago, but I forgot which one he said he used. Personally, I think it would be better in the long run to get a regular web host and use that. Even if it does have a bandwidth cap, it's going to be very hard to hit unless your running a very hot download. You also then have direct control of the presentation and your users don't have to register or wait 120 seconds to download sometimes (which I believe filefront does...). Basically, you're going to stick with their stipulations unless you get your own host.

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That Guy John
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I do have my own web host, I do a lot of work online and blowing the top off of my bandwidth is something I have done quite a few times.

Also, I think placeing the download on a site with other files / games is more opportunity for exposure.

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bitJericho
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For a freeware/demo game. Why not use some place like download.com?

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Sid Sinister
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What host do you use? Geesh.

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That Guy John
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Posted: 10th May 2010 15:24
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Quote: "What host do you use? Geesh."


It isn't really a matter of what host I use, I have had Terabyte bandwidth limits from various hosts for vaious projects in the past I mange to blow it away from time to time depending on the project. Automated cron jobs, file downloads, file uploads ect..

Hosts that claim unlimited bandwidth.. well that is a far fetched concept even if unlimited is claimed once you put a load on a server you sacrifice file transfer times and page load times.

Jerico,

Thanks, yeah I am looking into sites like that. I am just trying to find out what expierences everyone else has had with different services. A free solution on a site like download.com will be ideal for Demo versions. Full version purchases will most likely be patches / upgrades sold using services from a site like e-junkie.com

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Sid Sinister
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Sounds like you use your bandwidth for projects and not necessarily distribution then? I'm lost on this part, but if so, why not try a online project workspace like assembla or MS's live workspace? Just brainstorming with you

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That Guy John
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I think filefront is going to be where I give my first go

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