Box.net – 1GB Free Online Storage
If you are looking for free online file storage space, take a look at Box.net. It offers 1GB storage space for FREE!
Box.net is a Web 2.0 application that offers online storage services. Every free membership gets free 1GB storage space. You can upload your files (any types) and host them on Box.net. Then, you can share the files with your family and friends.
Oh! Box.net supports tags and RSS feeds too!
If you are willing to spend a few bucks per month, you can upgrade to Premium or Pro account. Beside bigger storage space (5GB and 15GB) and more monthly data bandwidth (20GB and 50GB), paid accounts also support unlimited file sizes when uploading, public file sharing (host files for public downloads), and blog postings.
My two cents
First of all, I like the website design style. Thanks to Web 2.0 technology, the user interface is very friendly and smooth. It’s exactly like how you are working on a desktop application and not a web based application. However, it takes very long to load for the first time.
The file upload speed is ok. I get average 20KB/sec. But file download speed is rather unstable, range from “idle” to 50KB/sec.
I would love to try to data sync feature but Box.net is not ready for it yet. That’s too bad.
Overall, no harm getting a 1GB free online storage space. But I didn’t have the confident to host my private files on the server, yet.
[via forum talk blog]
