# Free file hosting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654 "2007-03-12T19:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/1 "2007-03-12T19:39:59Z")
I gave a PowerPoint presentation at a professional conference last week. People are asking me for copies of it and I’d like to put a link to it on my blog so they can just download it. Can anybody recommend a good free file hosting service? The file is only about 2Mb in size. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/2 "2007-03-12T19:44:30Z")
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/3 "2007-03-12T20:26:49Z")
Thanks, **Revtim**. Unfortunately you seem to have to pay a fee in order to SHARE the files hosted on Yahoo Briefcase. I’m looking for something free. Does anybody have any experience with [MediaFire](http://www.mediafire.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/4 "2007-03-12T20:31:13Z")
I’ve used [www.zshare.net](http://www.zshare.net) for this. Very easy to use, no registration or fee required because it’s advertising-funded. They say that files you upload stay there unless nobody downloads them for 60 days. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/5 "2007-03-13T05:27:25Z")
[mailbigfile.com](http://www.mailbigfile.com) has worked for me. 512 MB file limit is free, they sell subscriptions for larger limits. Can’t promise they don’t mine email addresses, but I’ve used this with a couple of customers with no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/6 "2007-03-13T05:31:15Z")
Check with the ISP that provides you internet access. Most accounts also include a certain amount of file space. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/7 "2007-03-13T08:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] I gave a PowerPoint presentation at a professional conference last week. People are asking me for copies of it and I’d like to put a link to it on my blog so they can just download it. Can anybody recommend a good free file hosting service? The file is only about 2Mb in size. [/QUOTE] I would be happy to host it at my site for a while…drop me an email ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/8 "2007-03-13T10:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=drachillix] I would be happy to host it at my site for a while…drop me an email [/QUOTE] Likewise, if you wanted a mirror. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-file-hosting/395654/9 "2007-03-13T10:15:37Z")
Seems like this is sorted, but for the record Mediafire seems to work pretty well and is fast and absolutely free.