Maintaining A Free File Host
File host offers webspace for our important documents such as images, documents, videos, audios etc. There are many file host sites in the web but some are not accessible to mobile phones (depends on the site and connections). To mobile community, using a file host means sharing our files to others.
During my active moblog days, I have an account at xthost and fsphost. The later closed their site and I lost my files, my xthost accounts are still running until now for so many years. To maintain xthost account, take note of these rules:
- inactive sites will be deleted with less than 1 hit/week
- No adult content allowed!
- Hosting copyrighted/illegal material is not allowed
- no mp3 storage (like 1 mp3 per account…)
- actually you know what’s going on, if you abuse it we will delete your account
- XT Host reserves the right to delete any page it deems unacceptable for any reason without prior notice.
- XT Host makes no guarantee as to the availability of service.
Its not that easy maintaining the account if no single hit (download) a week. There was a time that I have to download a single file from each of the accounts regularly to maintain them. If the first rule is not accomplished, that means account expiration. The trick here is upload an image and use the link in forum, blog or site.
A friend also informed me that my xthost links were posted on other popular wap sites which I’m not aware. If they’re receiving a regular download from those wapsites, I guess I owe them a lot.
Rule of thumb, always read the terms of service when signing up.
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With a sweet deal for a Sony Ericsson C902, pictures come in at fairly big size. Imageshack doesn’t sort pictures automatically when uploading so I guess this hosting service would be great for my pictures. Thanks for the link.