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Chris26 wrote:Another purported great feature is the encryption key available only to the users and not to the site owners.But if you ever lose or forget your password or get hacked, your completely boned. There's no way to reset or ask for a new pass. Heaven forbid when making an account you make a typo on your password as they don't even ask you for confirmation.  Apparently there's no way to delete your account either. Not the most comforting news considering how common it is for accounts to get hacked these days, especially with a filehost as popular as this.
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I managed to upload 2 files at 110 KB/s in the morning, but as said before it's pretty much beta. I think the main reason for the troubles is the lack of power and bandwidth on their side. I'm sure we can enjoy a much better Mega in a couple of weeks.
Btw the loading screen when visiting Mega sucks 
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Service is advertised as beta, and indeed there's a few niggles with it.
Seems quite a few of us have been hit by the upload completes, but then you get a Chrome "aw snap" type errors and you have to re-upload it again. I put 13 files on my space earlier today, and actually I needed to perform 19 uploads to ensure they were all there. Latest Chrome makes no difference, so perhaps this is the risk they run of being html5 only code which isn't a complete standard yet. My performance for uploads has varied wildly, but seems to average around 1Mbps, but drops as low as 250Kbps on occasion. Never peaks to the speed I get off Rapidshare of 2.2Mbps. |
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Dunno if I´m the first one here, but yesterday I managed to upload a larger file to MEGA.
The average speed I got was 35 kbs, well below my technical limit. Still a bit disappointing, especially for people with a really fast connection. [hidden link - please register] After the upload neither a link nor the file itself appeared. I thought it was lost, but after I reloaded the page, it showed up in the filemanager and I could get a download link. The last part of this link is the decryption-part and you can share your link either with or without it. In the last case you would have to share the decryption otherwise. [hidden link - please register] I did not sign in , so I guess the account is based on my IP. I didnt test any of the filemanager-functionality yet. The on-the-fly encryption works in the background. I would have suspected a longish file-analysis similar to mediafire, but the upload started immediately. As expected, the site uses Java, unlike others it doesnt take up much resources though. The filesize is limited only by your account-type...theoretically, a 4-tb-file would be possible So far so good... Next thing I tried was to download my file. Pasted the link in Firefox and saw this download page. [hidden link - please register] I checked the „accept“ box, pushed the download-button and up came this: [hidden link - please register] Said „no thanks“ but I was in a fix because the Google-Chrome-download-popup unavoidably led me back to the download page and the vicious circle started anew lol. Ok, pretty clever method to „optimize“ it for Chrome, haha.  I tried Chrome and it worked better...in a way...as all I got was this. [hidden link - please register] Today I was able to start the download with Chrome, as my connection is not the fastest one I will post the file later and maybe we can get some feedback on possible download-speeds. Mauro summed it up perfectly: „its still very beta“, lol. Over and out |
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2.3 kb/s upload.
With Firefox or Chrome veeeeeery slow at the moment. |
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Maybe by this ?? ( if someone can read dutch)... Google gets big !!
.. [hidden link - please register] schubert |
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Tarl_Cabot wrote:For me it worked with Chrome just as bad as it did with Firefox. With Firefox I managed to bring a 200mb upload to 37%, with Chrome to 3%, lol.outside wrote:I have also read Mega is available only with Google Chrome latest version. But I will try again in a couple days...just because Kim shows FBI the finger !
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outside wrote:I have also read Mega is available only with Google Chrome latest version. I fear I must confirm it.  at least I have problems with Firefox. after the 50 GB limit the next reason to ignore Mega completely. |
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The point is that this "Mega" is seen as a (better?) alternative to "personal" hosting systems like Dropbox and Google Drive.
Like you said, 50GB is not much for file-sharing necessities but is more than enough for single users (while using Dropbox I have never felt like I needed more storage, and Dropbox only offers 2 GB without referrals or payments). Another purported great feature is the encryption key available only to the users and not to the site owners. Unfortunately, they still keep your IPs and data so it's just smoke and mirrors. |
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This is the massive point scored against Dotcom, 50GB of free storage is nothing.
I have also read Mega is available only with Google Chrome latest version. |
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GoldPlated1 wrote:From this we now know some important features of Mega. Free Mega accounts will get 50 GB of storage, putting it way ahead of Dropbox's free 2GB, Google Drive's 5GB and Skydrive's 7GB. Those are "very generous limits for free users," Dotcom said on Twitter, (although a service called MediaFire actually offers 50GB for free and has apps for the desktop, iOS, and Android). Although 50GB is a lot for a free tier in the world of online storage systems, it's actually just a quarter of what Megaupload offered. Megaupload users got 200GB of storage for free and could upload files as big as 2GB apiece. To go beyond those limits, you had to pay extra, and i assume Mega will have fee-based plans as well. 50 GB that's nowadays nearly nothing. and having a look at it's prices For basic, non-paying users, Mega will provide 50GB of space. For premium users, there will be three tiers of additional storage: 500GB, 2TB and 4TB for $13.29, $26.59 and $39.90 USD per month, respectively. I think it's more expensive than other OCHs. not to forget to give never again any money to Kim Schmitz. I thought about Mega as a hoster alternative for complete shows but with a 50 GB limit it's a dead born child for this. at the moment [hidden link - please register] is down or unreachable but when creating an account I'll use of course my old MU datas for the sign up. 
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following the massive hype and all the rest of the hoo ha
you know who is going to be all over him think about it |
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The latest news about Kim's service which will launch tomorrow:
[hidden link - please register] [hidden link - please register] |
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The launch date for Kim Dotcom's new file sharing site MEGA appears to be on track for Saturday 19th January 2013 although Dotcom himself will be personally taking the wraps off his new Mega service more officially this Sunday in New Zealand.
Kim Dotom's successor to Megaupload, the flamboyant entrepreneur has released an image of the new service via Twitter. [hidden link - please register] From this we now know some important features of Mega. Free Mega accounts will get 50 GB of storage, putting it way ahead of Dropbox's free 2GB, Google Drive's 5GB and Skydrive's 7GB. Those are "very generous limits for free users," Dotcom said on Twitter, (although a service called MediaFire actually offers 50GB for free and has apps for the desktop, iOS, and Android). Although 50GB is a lot for a free tier in the world of online storage systems, it's actually just a quarter of what Megaupload offered. Megaupload users got 200GB of storage for free and could upload files as big as 2GB apiece. To go beyond those limits, you had to pay extra, and i assume Mega will have fee-based plans as well. One of Megaupload's big problems was only being able to download one file at a time. Mega has the ability to upload and download up to six files at the same time. This should make the service much more practical as a way to manage your files in the cloud. Another very interesting feature is the option to skip identical files uploaded by other users, which could save you lots of time, and of course space in your account. You can also deactivate the SSL protocols, which according to Mega should increase transfer speeds without affecting your security. Dotcom said he was "hopeful we could give premium status to former [Megaupload] premium users on #Mega. Our lawyers say we can't at this time. We're working on it." Additionally, Dotcom noted he is seeking court permission to transfer data from former Megaupload user accounts to the new service, but there's no resolution on that yet. Of course, US authorities have fought attempts to return users' files. Dotcom didn't say what the file upload limit will be on Mega but hopefully it will be around the 2GB as previously offered. |
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