File Hosting

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A file hosting service, online file storage provider is an Internet web hosting service particularly designed to host static content, usually large files that are not web pages. Typically they allow web and FTP access. They can be optimized for serving a lot of users (as is implied by the term "hosting") or be optimized for single user storage (as is implied by the term "storage"). Related services are video sharing, virtual storage and remote backup.

Software file hosting Service

Authors of Shareware, Freeware and Open Free software often use file hosting service to serve their software. The inherent difficulty with free downloads is the massive band width cost. To cover this price, many sites intentionally delay the begins of downloads and slow down downloading speeds in order to convince a user to purchase a premium, paid account on the site for improved service, a practice much criticized by those who do not use these sites often. These hosts also provide additional services to the authors such as statistics or other advertising features.

Private file storage

Private file storage services are expected at private individuals, offering a kind of "network storage" for private backup, file access, or file distribution. Users can upload their files and share them publicly or keep them password-protected.

Preceding to the advent of personal file storage services, off-site backup services were not typically affordable for individual and small office computer users.

Sometimes people prefer hosting their files on a freely accessible HTTP server. In this case, they generally choose paid hosting, and use their hosting for this purpose. Many free hosting providers do not allow the storage of files for non-website-related use.