Free online file storage......

[beanbag]

Hi all....

I found this online storage and it seems really good. Great for backups, pictures or anything you'd like to upload to!

Check it out and if you sign up, please use my referral link as you then get an upgrade to the next level account depending on the number of referrals you get.

The company is box.net and they'll shortly have a client for your PC to make uploading even easier and make your online storage look like another drive

www.box.net/signup/invitation/[e-mail]

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 25th July 16:06

[aldi]

[icamm]

Do you really want to put your personal data in the hands of an online company? Fine if you do but personally I would buy a backup unit and do it myself.

[aldi]

Don't mean to be a nazi or anything but if adertising is allowed on here its going to get quite busy...

www.box.net/about/affiliate-program

[beanbag]

aldi said:

What's with the rolling eyes!? It's a great place to share files. If you want to stick confidential stuff on there, well fine. But I was thinking of more of a photo/video store.

So....roll your eyes again....

Oh, and why can't I ask people to sign up using my affiliate status? Are you afraid of taking an honest opportunity when it comes to you?

[beanbag]

icamm said:

Do you really want to put your personal data in the hands of an online company? Fine if you do but personally I would buy a backup unit and do it myself.

Photo / Video storage. Do you have that many incriminating photos and videos that this matters?

[aldi]

beanbag said:

Oh, and why can't I ask people to sign up using my affiliate status? Are you afraid of taking an honest opportunity when it comes to you?

Honesty... like calling it "an upgrade to the next level account" rather than "money"?

www.box.net/about/affiliate-program

[beanbag]

aldi said:

beanbag said:

Oh, and why can't I ask people to sign up using my affiliate status? Are you afraid of taking an honest opportunity when it comes to you?

Honesty... like calling it "an upgrade to the next level account" rather than "money"?

www.box.net/about/affiliate-program

OK. Let's enlighten your ignorance because it looks like you are simply accusing me of cheating people which I don't do.

Box.net said:

Note: If a Basic Box user refers 5 people who accept the invitation to join our network, their account will be auto-upgraded to our premium service for a year.

www.box.net/help - Under Private Sharing.

Stop being so clever and rolling your eyes before reading the facts.

I now thought I should add....

If you want some free storage and want to help me upgrade my account, please use my referral link and ignore Aldi's smart arse comments. I don't and won't be making money from this.

www.box.net/signup/invitation/bean

Edited by beanbag on Monday 24th July 22:37

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 25th July 16:07

[aldi]

A year's premium account is worth $49.99. Not bad for 30 seconds work!

Well done

[beanbag]

aldi said:

A year's premium account is worth $49.99. Not bad for 30 seconds work!

Well done

Congratulations....totally opposite to what you accused me of earlier. Not exactly hard cash is it, but precisely what I described in the original post....

Stop being such an idiot and digging yourself into a hole.

[aldi]

beanbag said:

aldi said:

A year's premium account is worth $49.99. Not bad for 30 seconds work!

Well done

Congratulations....totally opposite to what you accused me of earlier. Not exactly hard cash is it, but precisely what I described in the original post....

Stop being such an idiot and digging yourself into a hole.

You're a spammer who doesn't understand sarcasm.

[percy flage]

[beanbag]

aldi said:

beanbag said:

aldi said:

A year's premium account is worth $49.99. Not bad for 30 seconds work!

Well done

Congratulations....totally opposite to what you accused me of earlier. Not exactly hard cash is it, but precisely what I described in the original post....

Stop being such an idiot and digging yourself into a hole.

You're a spammer who doesn't understand sarcasm.

Unfortuantely sarcasm doesn't work very well online. Get a life Neil and stop being so childish.

[neil_cardiff]

Pack it in Aldi, no need to be abusive;

and Beanbag, no need to wind him up either.

Edited by neil_cardiff on Tuesday 25th July 10:27

[beanbag]

I've been playing about with this web storage and i've just found out it supports WEBDAV. Basically, this means you can map the online drive to your PC.

Click on the following page and follow the instructions:

http://tech.netscape.com/viewstory/20

Top stuff

Oh, and if you sign up, please use this link! When 5 of you sign up with it, they upgrade my account for free. Pass your own referral link to your friends too once you sign up and they upgrade your account too.

www.box.net/signup/invitation/bean

Disclaimer: No money is made through referrals. Just a free upgrade! (I'll even remove the link with my referral ID once I get my 5 referrals).

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 25th July 16:06

[icamm]

beanbag said:

icamm said:

Do you really want to put your personal data in the hands of an online company? Fine if you do but personally I would buy a backup unit and do it myself.

Photo / Video storage. Do you have that many incriminating photos and videos that this matters?

Not at all. I just don't trust companies I know little about. Or even ones I know lots about. I can find no T&C's on their site but the number of other sites that have offered similar services then changed their T&C's to "we own all your data that you put on here" have been quite astonishing.

As I said if you are happy to trust them, then fine. That's you're decision. Just adding a note of warning that was all.

[Scraggles]

ok here are the details

www.box.net

Marc Newman, 14615 Stilesboro Court, Houston, TX 77062-2004 US
Marc has email at newman.org, this is linked to www.netidentity.com

[rich 36]

beanbag said:

Hi all....

I found this online storage and it seems really good. Great for backups, pictures or anything you'd like to upload to!

Check it out and if you sign up, please use my referral link as you then get an upgrade to the next level account depending on the number of referrals you get.

The company is box.net and they'll shortly have a client for your PC to make uploading even easier and make your online storage look like another drive

www.box.net/signup/invitation/[e-mail]

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 25th July 16:06

hmmmm,

what's the catch,

looks a bit CHEESY to me



"quick to the tedphone Robin"

strokeslongpointybeard

Edited by rich 36 on Tuesday 25th July 20:42

[beanbag]

icamm said:

beanbag said:

icamm said:

Do you really want to put your personal data in the hands of an online company? Fine if you do but personally I would buy a backup unit and do it myself.

Photo / Video storage. Do you have that many incriminating photos and videos that this matters?

Not at all. I just don't trust companies I know little about. Or even ones I know lots about. I can find no T&C's on their site but the number of other sites that have offered similar services then changed their T&C's to "we own all your data that you put on here" have been quite astonishing.

As I said if you are happy to trust them, then fine. That's you're decision. Just adding a note of warning that was all.

Sorry Icamm....I just got a little wound up at Aldi's "Nazi" comments....You made a totally fair point.

I myself am not planning on using them for my personal files, but it's a great photo store for my family around the world and myself. You can link to files as well as share them easily so that's good in my books. Plus it uses WEBDAV which means a simple drag and drop into a mapped drive on my PC.

But people seem very wary of these companies and there are a few about. Just a sample include:

box.net
.mac (Apple online storage)
LiveDrive (in beta and coming out shortly)
GDrive (Googles incarnation)

I don't think this kind of thing was meant for sensitive documents but if you were to upload any, I would recommend encrypting them using some strong form of encryption.

Any....just think it's a good idea and it's free which is even better.

[beanbag]

rich 36 said:

beanbag said:

Hi all....

I found this online storage and it seems really good. Great for backups, pictures or anything you'd like to upload to!

Check it out and if you sign up, please use my referral link as you then get an upgrade to the next level account depending on the number of referrals you get.

The company is box.net and they'll shortly have a client for your PC to make uploading even easier and make your online storage look like another drive

www.box.net/signup/invitation/[e-mail]

Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 25th July 16:06

hmmmm,

what's the catch,

looks a bit CHEESY to me



"quick to the tedphone Robin"

strokeslongpointybeard

Edited by rich 36 on Tuesday 25th July 20:42

I think the catch is they provide a limited service for free which doesn't allow much flexibility. Upgrade to the $4.95 plan or invite 5 friends, and get a much more functional account.

I'm guessing after 1 year and your free upgrade has expired, they presume that you are now addicted to their service so will pay to continue.

Good marketing to be honest!

But I have looked in the T&C's and there doesn't seem to be any catches and all reviews on the net are very positive.