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  • badwithcomputer, on 06/13/2008, -6/+242anyone remember the days where the only way to host a file was to attach it to an email and send it around? good times...good times.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -9/+226Dugg for not including Rapidshare in the list
  • sungoddess808, on 06/14/2008, -3/+154No mention of Rapidshare and Megaupload.com. The internet has definitely come a long way.
  • Eminemdrdre00, on 06/14/2008, -1/+133Rapidshare is cool if you want to play "find the 4 cats"
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+107This is the shortest top 10 list I have ever seen.
  • smackkmonkey, on 06/14/2008, -4/+102This is more of a Top 7, submitter.
  • dleesgeetar, on 06/14/2008, -1/+93by "good times" do you mean "pain" ?
  • Myholyleg, on 06/14/2008, -4/+93The best image host is pretty much http://www.petaimg.com/

    Allowed File types: *.jpg, *.gif, *.png, *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.tif, *.raw, *.psd, *.tiff, *.swf, *.hgp, *.pgf, *.xpm, *.svg, *.3dm, *.3dmf, *.ai, *.drw, *.dxf, *.eps, *.indd, *.mng, *.pct, *.pdf, *.ps, *.psp, *.qxd, *.qxp, *.svg

    Maximum image size: 30720kb (30MB)

    Also files are never deleted, you get unlimited bandwidth and you don't need an account.
  • wavesmachine, on 06/14/2008, -0/+74...and your mailbox was 2MB... how did I live? :S
  • iLemon, on 06/14/2008, -0/+69Remember the good old days when the only way to host a file was to setup a ftp server and then try to walk someone else through downloading and using a client? That was a really fun couple hours.. good times.
  • Me0wmix, on 06/14/2008, -5/+58***** rapidshare I hate finding those damn cats, and then waiting one hour just to download another file.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+47I remember the days when we had to walk 2 miles uphill both ways in the snow to host our files
  • theaceoffire, on 06/14/2008, -0/+42For anyone who cares, you can use sites like the above for any files by renaming the extension.

    Files.zip.jpeg works great.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -3/+42i use filedropper.com
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -7/+46Seriously how do sites like Rapidshare etc even survive. They put up the worst kind of spam ads too. Including male enhancement, and pharma ads. These sites are the way to go
  • aflaks, on 06/14/2008, -0/+36you mean there is a BETTER way?!
  • ileftfark, on 06/14/2008, -1/+33I've upgraded to web 6.0, and my internets are *screaming fast*! And all the colors!
  • BIOHazard87, on 06/14/2008, -1/+33FileDropper looks badass
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3115 terabytes for yourself? Do you own the whole ***** storage facility?
  • specialK16, on 06/14/2008, -1/+27Rapidshare sucks big time if you don't have a premium account. If you do have a premium account, believe you me, it doesn't get any better anywhere else.
  • thenonhacker, on 06/14/2008, -8/+34Good Plain Ol' Simple FTP Hosts are still the best!!!
  • danielsamuels, on 06/14/2008, -2/+27Why is *.svg there twice?
  • CAPSLOCKISCOOL, on 06/14/2008, -1/+26Remeber the days when the only was to host a file was to send a punch card in the mail?
  • DentThat, on 06/14/2008, -0/+24oh yeah, I have AdBlock on. haha
  • chaos7, on 06/14/2008, -2/+26meow
  • phorty40, on 06/14/2008, -0/+23i LOL'd.

    Do submitters even read the articles they submit?
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -2/+23indeed.
  • atlandrew, on 06/14/2008, -2/+22Uhm...top 7...not top 10.

    Seeing though that they forgot Amazon S3 and DropBox, it might as well just be a random list of file utilities...dugg down.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -3/+23Since when does Rapidshare have ads?
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -2/+21Filedropper ftw

    I've still got 249 gigs of upload avail =D
  • mydigg1012, on 06/14/2008, -0/+18Half of the world's porn is on rapidshare :) They know how to survive.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+18rapidshare blows. makes me download my porn in 4 parts which = 4 days :[
  • Handonam, on 06/14/2008, -2/+19Anyone remember when Myspace.com used to be a file hosting site before it turned into a douche hosting site?


    :(
  • Matt2k, on 06/14/2008, -1/+17So they need to hire programmers in addition to working up a business plan. I'll pass it along.
  • bbliss17, on 06/14/2008, -0/+16All these replies bring back great memories and also shows how far we've come, I rember the hotmail 2MB mailbox. that was insane.
  • cdefreit, on 06/14/2008, -1/+17They sell your data to the highest bidder....
  • DentThat, on 06/14/2008, -1/+17Question:
    How do these sites stay alive with no ads?
  • arlok789, on 06/14/2008, -2/+18RapidSuck
  • uhhNo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+16*****
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+16your using firefox.
  • joshocar, on 06/14/2008, -1/+16Um, what about Dropbox?

    It creates a folder in your My Documents folder and all you have to do it put files in it and they are uploaded to Dropbox. Those files are also automatically downloaded to whatever other computer you have Dropbox on. 2gigs of space. No need to upload or download. Free. Definitely the best of out all of them.
  • specialK16, on 06/14/2008, -1/+16What the ***** are you talking about?
  • squirrelza, on 06/14/2008, -2/+16It's missing the two best sites: Mediafire and Zshare
  • arlok789, on 06/14/2008, -1/+15Dugg for including FileDropper. I used to used it all the time and its great. Now that I have a hosting account, I don't need it anymore. 15 terrabytes = awesome.
  • dullnation, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13Couldn't agree more, the last time I tried to download something there, I gave up over the whole cat thing and the download limit just takes the piss.
  • alpha88, on 06/14/2008, -1/+14I never want to find the cats. I usually lose.
  • nyrol2, on 06/14/2008, -1/+13A premium rapidshare account is amazing. I use mine every day! It seems to have the best content on it that can be matched only by torrents, but this is guaranteed speed.
  • inactive, on 06/14/2008, -2/+14Where's the love for Bayimg ( http://bayimg.com/ )? With support for over 140 different formats (including .zip and .rar archives!) and a 100MB upload limit, it's definitely near the top on my list.
  • danielsamuels, on 06/14/2008, -1/+13What do I win?
  • thunderforce, on 06/14/2008, -2/+14Hosting? what is it?
    ain't people using floppy disks anymore??
    damn it!
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