First off let me say you guys rock!!!!
Ok now on to the topic.
DROP.IO
File service free 100mb uplad can be acessed by anyone or passworded no identification of yourself or anyone other than ip collection (they do this for the purpose of peventing people who distribute warez ect...ect...) No i dont work for them i just think its great and a great way to get the roms out without rapidshare ect...
So a great distrobution possibility just know that if the feds come knocking on their door they will give out your ip. It also is not searchable via crawlers so no unknowing visitors will enter your drop.
For more info listen to leo laporte's net at night here:
http://twit.tv/natn46
Keep up the good work and thanks for cooking.
i think 4shared.com is better!
I just want to find a good site that hosts stuff that my work doesn't block
4Shared for the win.
have the 4shared crowd checked out drop.io before the cast their verdict??
can you email files to 4shared if needed ?
can you fax to 4 shared?
can you get to it from a corporate site?? (NO) for 4 shared it's blocked by my work but i can allways email anything to anywhere.
can you get rss updates of 4shared files???
1+ hour to upload a rom? drop.io is to slow.
Rapidshare and 4Shared are a beter solution, it takes me only 12 min. to upload the same rom.
wait for it thats what it says but it only took me about 10-12 min to upload a rom to it!
So it would seem to be the same as 4 shared
jefem24 said:
wait for it thats what it says but it only took me about 10-12 min to upload a rom to it!
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Englewood NJ (drop.io) is a long way from Breda NL, maybe there are some bad routes between them.
I thought the whole point of using Rapidshare, MegaUpload, and 4shared was to keep our IP addresses as masked as possible. Since M$ and a few other have ravager-sized bugs (WoW joke) up their patooties about rom sharing.
mine said 1 hour and 10min originally but then completed in the 10 min a second test upload of dutty's latest version zipped completed in the same 10 ish min.
If anyone wants to download this file and tell me how long it takes id appriciate the feedback
http://drop.io/jiggaman
heck they even let you have voice mail.
hope i dont offend you buy posting your rom dutty i'll take it down tomight if you like.
why is it that you are pushing for ppl to use drop.io so much??
Don't know why you are pushing this site so much! But it does seem to have fast download servers
Downloads to Cleveland, ohio
The op 's site download of dutty's rom - 1.56 MB/Sec
Rapid Share download of same 1.02 MB/Sec
XtreMe_G said:
why is it that you are pushing for ppl to use drop.io so much??
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Because
I just want to find a good site that hosts stuff that my work doesn't block
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Shouldn't he be working instead of flashing?
rofl.....that's right jefem24, get back to work
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If anyone wants to download this file and tell me how long it takes id appriciate the feedback
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Download under the 2 min. and thats ok for me.
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I thought the whole point of using Rapidshare, MegaUpload, and 4shared was to keep our IP addresses as masked as possible. Since M$ and a few other have ravager-sized bugs (WoW joke) up their patooties about rom sharing.
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Well you ip will not show up anywhere excep in the drop.io logs microsoft cant get them unless they get the feds to get them they wont release them unless there isa court order.
Quote from their site. Seems reasonable to me.
Since we do not have any personally identifiable information about Users, we do not have any such information to use, share, sell or rent to third parties. We may have aggregated information obtained from cookies, but that does not include any personally identifiable information.
We do not monitor Content or Drops, however we reserve the right to do so under certain circumstances. We may disclose whatever information we do have (including Content), or delete Content in its entirety, when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court order) or with requests of law enforcement authorities; to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or other policies or agreements; to protect other Users’ rights, property or safety; to protect our Users from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful use of, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requires disclosure of communications or Content or justifies disclosure without delay. In addition, any Content may be disclosed as part of any merger, financing or sale of company assets. We may also use automated processes to scan Content to enable us to serve advertising based on the appearance of certain words or phrases in your Content. We will not provide advertisers with any specific information regarding individual Drops.
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Drop.IO is blocked by Websense, much like every other file-sharing site.
files.ww.com is about the only one I've found that isn't (yet).
What are the legal implications for hosting ROMs as I've seen m$oft hot on the heals of xda-developers in the past.
I wouldn't mind hosting them as a free contribution to xda-developers.
I think I could set up the following.
- Each developer has his own area to upload files via SSL web interface or SFTP.
- All files get virus checked and checksumed/signed.
- Host carrier will be 100mbps tier 2. Depending on how successful it is I can cluster the setup to several tier 1 carriers each @ 1gbps.
- Hosts will be on my Class C which are guaranteed clean IP addresses.
- Downside my tier 1 and tier 2 carriers are based at a London POP if anyone wants to team up with a cluster between London, New York that would really rock.
Drop IO Sucks! You tell anything about your Work doesnt block this side???
The URL is:http://drop.io/jiggaman
The category of this URL isersonal Network Storage and Backup
Either 'force_deny' or 'force_exception' was matched in policy
blocking.exception
This is the message from a Bluecode Proxy and Websense match this side too :->
well the place i work dosent block it and no i dont work for them just heard about it and thought it was cool im gonna use it maybe to upload podcasts i may be doing to since it's free and i can send them from every where. and listeners would be able to leave voice mail feedback.
I guess the it departments listen to the same podcasts since they bloacked it for some people allready. mine still allows it for now.
well use it or not just thought id put another option out there for people who dont like rapid share and the likes of it.
any how im off to my real job i'lll step off the soap box.
In case you haven't noticed, dslreports.com's mobile speed test, http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1&more=1, is quite slow, slower than 3G speeds, during American business hours (usually under 500Kbit/s) and is unacceptable to use to test a 3G phone. I've checked this plenty of times from my office computer that would otherwise get around 4Mbits. I appreciated their public service with this thing but the site for our purposes is presently unusable.
In addition to my own server that I use to give out small cabs over a dsl line, I have a shell account on one of my ISP's servers on their lan which is linked to multiple telcos on plenty of fiber and I would be willing to offer it to the XDA community (... but not to google) for a 1MB speed test site just like dslreports's mspeed except with plenty of bandwidth. I have no caps so this is no skin off my back and I would not post any advertisements of any kind nor would I solicit donations.
We've got to have a reliable speed testing site that doesn't require flash or heavy java. How else are we going to compare radios? Tethering every time?
So would any of you who knows enough HTML and either php or java or ruby or whatever like to make a simple speed testing page that clocks the download, does some math and redirects to a page with the speed at which the person was downloading? If so, let me know and I'll drop it on the shell and stealth forward to it off a subdomain on my blownfuze.org thing.
Doug
there are many such sites other than that one
problem is that when general network traffic is high
the more "jumps / routings" away from the server
where the test site is
the more you tested speed will be affected
Hello-
I'm not exactly sure if this is the right subforum, but I'm excited to let everyone know about a little project I've been working on for the past few days.
It's always bugged me that all the awesome developers on here and ppcgeeks.com have to struggle to with 3rd party services (e.g. rapidshare) to distribute their creations. I've been toying with the notion of some sort of free hosting for a while now, and have finally gone ahead with it.
There are no catches, this isn't a scam, nor is this spam. It's fully featured web hosting. However it is to be used for mobile development only...don't go using it to share your vacation photos! Also, I have no plans to put ads on user sites providing at least a few people throw some bucks towards the server.
Depending upon demand, the packages may change, but for now it's 1 GB storage/50 GB monthly bandwidth and pretty much unlimited everything else (email, MySQL databases, etc).
Read more about it and sign up here: www.pocketdevelopers.com
Enjoy!
-TM
If anyone has low upload speeds to their filehosting or such, or they cannot be bothered keeping up two mirrors of their roms, I'm offering to maintain mirrors for any rom on my mediafire, meaning it uses my bandwidth and my accounts limit, having a mirror means possibly higher speed downloads to certain people. If needed, email me at [email protected]
(Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I'll take a chance)
Time to shift my attention towards other things:
Hosting for developers.
Are you an Android Developer in need of a stable, speedy server that is available 24/7, AND allows you to build full websites dedicated to you, your team, and your ROM? Look no further.
I intend to create a server that will allow developers (and perhaps users) to host their ROM. It won't be some pre-formatted stuff either. It will be a full-on custom website with FTP access, and SSH access in the future. You'd have unlimited bandwidth, upload/download speed, unlimited options to create folders for yourself, and lots more.
However, I want this to run off of donations, just as most other sites do. There will be no ads, and no dumb wait times. Just pure speed and ease of access.
The reason why I'd like this to run off of donations is to ensure that I keep this site ad-free, and because such an amazing service is being offered to basically any developer out there, regardless of whether or not we have had clashes and arguments in the past.
To get this thing off of the ground, I'm going to need about 20$ USD to start, and about the same price per month minimum. That's it. I will never put up large banners asking you to donate, or anything in excess. I just want this to be an awesome experience for developers and users alike, allthewhile teaching me a multitude of news things.
If you're interested in donating to get this off the ground and in turn get a guaranteed spot, please comment below, and I will give you the information you need.
If you have any questions or think I'm a POS, please don't be afraid to ask or let me know as well.
- Kyler
This is NOT meant to discredit any other Android hosting sites.
Oh yeah!
I'd also use any 'extra' donation money towards saving up for dedicated servers, and improving the sites security. If I had a plethora ("safe amount") of extra donation money, it would go towards adding useful features to the site.