at what point is free downloads not free?

[pinklee1]

For the past 3 weeks all of my "free downloads" from a number of different file download companies have hovered around 25 kps. The exceptions are Hot File and Media fire that I know of. When I first arrived at GH all the file companies gave free downloads of about 200 kps give or take 50 kps. Then about in March, Xenubox appeared and a race to the bottom speed began. I think the speeds were around 50 kps and in any event it resulted in Admin banning this file host (see Help threads for 3-10-2013. They were "unbanned" when they changed their approach to doing business at GH about a week later. Things appeared to have gone back to normal for free downloads speeds. But for the last month all my free downloads have fallen. At first all the free downloads at file hosts "required you to sign in as a free member" and you retained speeds of 150 kps for free downloads. if you did not register you had a dismal 50 kps. So I registered at most of them. then 2 weeks ago being registered did not matter. I started to have speeds of 20-25 kps from most file hosts. Downloads that use to take an hour and half took 3-4 hours. I posted in the Help section of GH on 5-24-13 about Deerfile giving me speeds of 15-17kps. not many of you made any response to having speeds of 15 kps so I let it die and do not use Deerfile. but now with so many of the file hosts giving me 25 kps I have to wonder....at what point does free down loads become irrelevant? 15 or 10 or 5 or 1 kps? :?:thinking: I really hope that this starts a discussion. :thumbs up:

 

[ggold]

Free downloads are free, except for the possible extra popups, etc. you endure. Small price actually. Perhaps impatience is the real issue.

 

[warp9]

1. Use Torrents for sharing - no need to click the reseller-filehost-posters.

NEVER use Torrents for sharing ! It's the biggest trap you can jump in.

 

[pinklee1]

can you provide more information about why?

can you tell us more about why?

NEVER use Torrents for sharing ! It's the biggest trap you can jump in.

 

[pinklee1]

good information offered here but...

most of what you say is dead on. I am a little slow though. I have seen file hosts as part of the moderators/admin. Until about a month ago I never new there was a connection with many of them to the industry.
:duh:
my main question is still valid. I asked at what point is it meaningless to say downloads are free....is one kps all that is needed for a file host to advertise that they have free downloads?

the filehost industry is created - like all other industries - to make money; they make money with selling their premium-accounts; some hosts try to do their very best to make it a quite horrible time for free users re. download-speed/download-restrictions/registering as a free user, etc. and they are still listed here on GH because they are so called „FREE“; a very few hosts allow a great DL-speed and customer-friendly service for free users (mostly not used by „income-posters“)

Real sharing you will find easily with torrents - no need to click the download-links of these so called „sharers“ here on GH and/or on other places who like to „share“ their stolen material with the most paying (and many times most worse host for free users) filehost for their ups.

I guess the „reseller-members“ registered here on GH to sell alone their free torrent-downloads with their „income-making-filehosts“ uploads are a few tenthousands.

This forum is a sharing place - as far as I‘ve understood:

1. Use Torrents for sharing - no need to click the reseller-filehost-posters.

2. Don‘t buy Premium-accounts for hosts with the most restrictions when you can easily find this file on other platforms.

3. Use JDownloader for the most restrictive hosts to save your links - some day your download will work even as a free user.

4. The difference between „SHARING“ and „MAKING MONEY“ can easily be checked at Wikipedia.

 

[warp9]

Torrent is not only downloading. If you use Torrents, you down and upload at the same time. And that's when they got you - cause of the upload - a friend of mine was caught and had to pay about 1000 Euro ! Better to use plattforms without that. Like R@pidshare, Uplo@ded etc.

 

[warp9]

If it isn't a premium link (which is not allowed on GH) every download is free. If you prefer a hoster, you may choose a premium-membership, then the download works very fast. But you don't have to - if you have time.