What and why about File hosting

Generally, files are sent to others in internet through mails, but if the file size is more than 5 Mb, then most of the emails doesn’t accept. You also can’t send the files in that are present with .exe extension. All the entertainment stuff like audio songs, videos size is more than 5 MB. To solve these problems, you have to find a separate place where you can store the files securely. File hosting services are used in these circumstances. If a file is hosted once on their server, then it can be downloaded many users simultaneously, what you have to do is just send the URL of the location of the file. Rapidshare, Megaupload is most predominant sites of this kind.

There are lot more sites like Mediafire, Sendspace each of them has their own features and backlogs. It is illegal to host copyrighted material which includes music, movies, ebooks on any web hosting so most of the webmasters host these files on sites which are specially created for storing large repository of files. Most of these services are in both premium and basic (free account). In premium account, you can download unlimited number of files simultaneously with a very high speed but in basic account, you can download a single file with less speed.