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Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 6:40am
by Silent Majority
What sort of figures would be involved?

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 7:31am
by Heston
I'd be willing to chip in if required.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 1:25pm
by Flex
The cloud storage services I've been seeing would range from $200-$250 yearly (approx. 128-160 pounds). It's possible a more DIY setup would cut costs, but I'm less familiar with how to set up something like that which would meet our needs (Matey's Clash backup currently sits at 187gb, which is all the shows in FLAC, some video, and some mp3).

Another option would be migrating to torrent services. There are a lot of advantages to that, but I need to look a lot more into what that would entail in terms of getting everything up and running.

In the meantime, the founders of the Pirate Bay have a storage locker operate called BayFiles: http://bayfiles.com/

It's supposedly legit, I wonder if it might meet our needs in the short- to medium-term.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 1:50pm
by rcs
at least 4 times, i read the subject as "megalist shut down"...

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 1:54pm
by dave202
I've just tried uploading a 46MB file and it was going to take about 40 minutes. Is that reasonable for uploading? How long would the equivalent download take?

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 2:24pm
by Marky Dread
dave202 wrote:I've just tried uploading a 46MB file and it was going to take about 40 minutes. Is that reasonable for uploading? How long would the equivalent download take?
If you scroll back a few posts matey says it's very simillar to Megaupload speeds.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 3:02pm
by Wolter
rcs wrote:at least 4 times, i read the subject as "megalist shut down"...
Well, it effectively is for now.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 3:05pm
by rcs
Wolter wrote:
rcs wrote:at least 4 times, i read the subject as "megalist shut down"...
Well, it effectively is for now.
yes

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 3:07pm
by Wolter
rcs wrote:
Wolter wrote:
rcs wrote:at least 4 times, i read the subject as "megalist shut down"...
Well, it effectively is for now.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 3:10pm
by matedog
Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:I've just tried uploading a 46MB file and it was going to take about 40 minutes. Is that reasonable for uploading? How long would the equivalent download take?
If you scroll back a few posts matey says it's very simillar to Megaupload speeds.
I said 40 minutes was about normal (actually better than average) for a 540MB file. 46MB in 40 minutes is really slow.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 3:26pm
by rcs

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 5:44pm
by Dr. Medulla
For my past use of the boot collection, I'll pony up some dough for future generations who don't realize how badly they've been betrayed by the band.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 6:40pm
by esmark
Flex wrote:In the meantime, the founders of the Pirate Bay have a storage locker operate called BayFiles: http://bayfiles.com/

It's supposedly legit, I wonder if it might meet our needs in the short- to medium-term.
Just tested with "Dreadzone - live at Sunrise" album, mp3, app. 100 mb and it took app. 7 minutes at an average speed of 250 mb/s wireless. Looks a lot faster than 2share or zShared... Anybody want the album and test the download speed as well...? here goes: http://bayfiles.com/file/1v59/ZBw9Kj/Dr ... e-2006.rar

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 26 Jan 2012, 1:57am
by Marky Dread
esmark wrote:
Flex wrote:In the meantime, the founders of the Pirate Bay have a storage locker operate called BayFiles: http://bayfiles.com/

It's supposedly legit, I wonder if it might meet our needs in the short- to medium-term.
Just tested with "Dreadzone - live at Sunrise" album, mp3, app. 100 mb and it took app. 7 minutes at an average speed of 250 mb/s wireless. Looks a lot faster than 2share or zShared... Anybody want the album and test the download speed as well...? here goes: http://bayfiles.com/file/1v59/ZBw9Kj/Dr ... e-2006.rar
Thanks ee, I downloaded the file took around 2.5 mins to download pretty good.

Re: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 26 Jan 2012, 2:33am
by Marky Dread
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:I've just tried uploading a 46MB file and it was going to take about 40 minutes. Is that reasonable for uploading? How long would the equivalent download take?
If you scroll back a few posts matey says it's very simillar to Megaupload speeds.
I said 40 minutes was about normal (actually better than average) for a 540MB file. 46MB in 40 minutes is really slow.
Must have read that as 460MB not 46MB. My bad.