Why Is Everyone Using FileSonic?

**Noledox** · 04-27-11 at 11:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by chesire

I support uploaders having incentives, but these pay-per-download sites pay like a fraction of a cent for 500 megabytes..I've seen them botted, they still produce shit revenue even for a kid with no bills..

It's a Casino

EDIT: I do get pissed off by all these assholes who post 400MB+ links on filesonic, you can't download without an account..

Some of them remembered to set the option allowing free users to download files up to 1GB in size, but any file over 1GB (plenty of those too) is definitely premium only. Annoying either way, and the two different caps just makes it more confusing.

lcwing · 04-30-11 at 12:50 AM

Filesonic is free for up/download =)

Yhufir · 05-05-11 at 11:29 PM

Has anyone else seen the Lifetime membership thing?
I've never used FSn but I'm working away from RS by using FSrv and trying to find another host. The FSn "lifetime" is $150 (which is a heck-of-a-lot better than MU's 299£!)
but I don't know if that's the life of the up/down-ability or the life of the uploaded files. MU's membership is definitely lifetime in all respects, but FSn doesn't have any details.

I see tons of stuff on FSn so I think I will try a month of their service, but can anyone really tell me if that's a good deal? I've easily capped $300 over 4yrs between RS, MU, FSrv, HF, etc... (mostly because I used to go month to month)

I understand the risks here are that they might be shut down in a week. But putting that type of risk aside (or assuming at least 18months of service), does anyone have any thoughts on going ahead with the Lifetime Membership?

szewei85 · 05-06-11 at 12:46 PM

haha filesonic is famous bcoz of the company pay 2 uploaders 4 every download earned

s 4 lifetime,,,i definitely say hell yeah IF ONLY u r uploading more than downloading...if u download more than upload,,,then 4get about lifetime n consider 1 year premium instead

search4bp · 05-06-11 at 03:08 PM

Filesonic is pure crap (sorry for the rude word), as their download speeds vary between 5 KB/s and 250 KB/s and they have not understood that greed doesn't lead to success in their business!

If they would treat free downloaders nicely and generously, they would find out that many would start to buy a premium account with time (as I did with FileServe and I'm happy with it).

But instead of earning less in the beginning, treating people nicely, doing a good job... they are greedy, have no idea what they are doing and treat people like dirt

For me NEVER a Filesonic account, NEVER

Yhufir · 05-07-11 at 03:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by szewei85

haha filesonic is famous bcoz of the company pay 2 uploaders 4 every download earned

s 4 lifetime,,,i definitely say hell yeah IF ONLY u r uploading more than downloading...if u download more than upload,,,then 4get about lifetime n consider 1 year premium instead

Ya, thats the real breaker: I'm not uploading atm cuz I just moved and the only ISP is Verizon (non-FIOS plans) so uploads are daunting until they give me back my FIOS or another provider shows up. Thanks for the input so far.

I haven't even tried a premium download from them yet so I can't attest to the speeds, but if 0.5 MBps is accurate than it would def not be worth it. Anyone else have any experience to back this or refute it?

Right now I typically see about 1-2MBps from RS and Fsrv using IDM.

JohnTurni · 05-11-11 at 05:10 AM

Filesonic is not working at all today.

Yhufir · 05-12-11 at 12:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Over

Filesonic maxes my bandwidth (30Mbps)...

...Other than that, I have nothing to complain about.
.

Not that I don't believe you, but I do find it just a tad odd that you have so many warnings and you seem to be the only one who's defending FSn. Just saying...

Adamora · 05-12-11 at 03:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Yhufir

Not that I don't believe you, but I do find it just a tad odd that you have so many warnings and you seem to be the only one who's defending FSn. Just saying...

that doesnt say much, i got warning's for not posting correctly, could be the same for him m8.

**chinta** · 05-12-11 at 03:40 AM

For downloads I like filesonic more than fileserve. Speed for me is much better than fileserve. Only major annoyance that I cant use my favorite download manager in Windows to download with multiple streams (they suggest jdownloader which I dont like). But I got around it (using Linux).

And of course .. for uploads filesonic ROX. Superb speeds from Europe servers.. fileserve upload speeds from Europe is pure crap unfortunately.

KillyBamp · 05-12-11 at 04:45 AM

As a free user, speeds seem fairly decent and consistant for me, only downside is the manual input of the recaptcha.
Unfortunately yesterday and today Filesonic isn't working for me. The linkgrabber on JDownloader is taking about 20 minutes to check anything only to time out and say 'not checked' and trying to download anything has resulted in a hoster problem. Until this problem I've used it regularly with no complaints.

TKAlex · 05-17-11 at 05:00 AM

Beware of Filesonic, they found a way to CHARGE me 9$ for a 1 month subscription. Lucky my debt card was nearly empty or they'd have taken it.

I googled and acknowledged that i'm not the only one:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Pay...With/520265973

**Noledox** · 05-18-11 at 12:26 AM

@TKAlex, code that link, and I assume you had previously signed up for a 1 month premium account? That's exactly what happened to me with Hotfile; I signed up for 1 month, and got billed again next month. Seems like this is actually a common policy. I don't think it's criminal, they just don't make it clear at all that you are actually signing up for a recurring payment.

**PopSmith** · 05-19-11 at 03:31 PM

I just got an email from FileSonic saying they're discounting the trade-in price by 25% off the current prices for this Saturday and Sunday. I just thought I'd share the news in case anyone is interested in getting a premium account with their earnings.

Quote:

This coming weekend (21st & 22nd May 2011), trade in your points for a premium account with a bigger than ever discount! We are knocking off an extra 25% off the trade in price!
(Example: 1 month premium will cost you $3.75, the lifetime premium will cost you $62.08 from your balance!)

04-27-11 at 11:42 PM	#99
Noledox Bad command or file name Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 2,709	Quote: Originally Posted by chesire I support uploaders having incentives, but these pay-per-download sites pay like a fraction of a cent for 500 megabytes..I've seen them botted, they still produce shit revenue even for a kid with no bills.. It's a Casino EDIT: I do get pissed off by all these assholes who post 400MB+ links on filesonic, you can't download without an account.. Some of them remembered to set the option allowing free users to download files up to 1GB in size, but any file over 1GB (plenty of those too) is definitely premium only. Annoying either way, and the two different caps just makes it more confusing.

04-30-11 at 12:50 AM	#100
lcwing Newcomer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 22	Filesonic is free for up/download =)

05-05-11 at 11:29 PM	#101
Yhufir Newcomer Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 17	Has anyone else seen the Lifetime membership thing? I've never used FSn but I'm working away from RS by using FSrv and trying to find another host. The FSn "lifetime" is $150 (which is a heck-of-a-lot better than MU's 299£!) but I don't know if that's the life of the up/down-ability or the life of the uploaded files. MU's membership is definitely lifetime in all respects, but FSn doesn't have any details. I see tons of stuff on FSn so I think I will try a month of their service, but can anyone really tell me if that's a good deal? I've easily capped $300 over 4yrs between RS, MU, FSrv, HF, etc... (mostly because I used to go month to month) I understand the risks here are that they might be shut down in a week. But putting that type of risk aside (or assuming at least 18months of service), does anyone have any thoughts on going ahead with the Lifetime Membership?

05-06-11 at 12:46 PM	#102
szewei85 Novice Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 196	haha filesonic is famous bcoz of the company pay 2 uploaders 4 every download earned s 4 lifetime,,,i definitely say hell yeah IF ONLY u r uploading more than downloading...if u download more than upload,,,then 4get about lifetime n consider 1 year premium instead

05-06-11 at 03:08 PM	#103
search4bp Newcomer Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 39	Filesonic is pure crap (sorry for the rude word), as their download speeds vary between 5 KB/s and 250 KB/s and they have not understood that greed doesn't lead to success in their business! If they would treat free downloaders nicely and generously, they would find out that many would start to buy a premium account with time (as I did with FileServe and I'm happy with it). But instead of earning less in the beginning, treating people nicely, doing a good job... they are greedy, have no idea what they are doing and treat people like dirt For me NEVER a Filesonic account, NEVER

05-07-11 at 03:53 AM	#104
Yhufir Newcomer Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 17	Quote: Originally Posted by szewei85 haha filesonic is famous bcoz of the company pay 2 uploaders 4 every download earned s 4 lifetime,,,i definitely say hell yeah IF ONLY u r uploading more than downloading...if u download more than upload,,,then 4get about lifetime n consider 1 year premium instead Ya, thats the real breaker: I'm not uploading atm cuz I just moved and the only ISP is Verizon (non-FIOS plans) so uploads are daunting until they give me back my FIOS or another provider shows up. Thanks for the input so far. I haven't even tried a premium download from them yet so I can't attest to the speeds, but if 0.5 MBps is accurate than it would def not be worth it. Anyone else have any experience to back this or refute it? Right now I typically see about 1-2MBps from RS and Fsrv using IDM.

05-11-11 at 05:10 AM	#105
JohnTurni Newcomer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1	Filesonic is not working at all today.

05-12-11 at 12:44 AM	#106
Yhufir Newcomer Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 17	Quote: Originally Posted by Over Filesonic maxes my bandwidth (30Mbps)... ...Other than that, I have nothing to complain about. . Not that I don't believe you, but I do find it just a tad odd that you have so many warnings and you seem to be the only one who's defending FSn. Just saying...

05-12-11 at 03:19 AM	#107
Adamora Novice Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 125	Quote: Originally Posted by Yhufir Not that I don't believe you, but I do find it just a tad odd that you have so many warnings and you seem to be the only one who's defending FSn. Just saying... that doesnt say much, i got warning's for not posting correctly, could be the same for him m8.

05-12-11 at 03:40 AM	#108
chinta Epic Pirate Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,284	For downloads I like filesonic more than fileserve. Speed for me is much better than fileserve. Only major annoyance that I cant use my favorite download manager in Windows to download with multiple streams (they suggest jdownloader which I dont like). But I got around it (using Linux). And of course .. for uploads filesonic ROX. Superb speeds from Europe servers.. fileserve upload speeds from Europe is pure crap unfortunately.

05-12-11 at 04:45 AM	#109
KillyBamp Newcomer Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9	As a free user, speeds seem fairly decent and consistant for me, only downside is the manual input of the recaptcha. Unfortunately yesterday and today Filesonic isn't working for me. The linkgrabber on JDownloader is taking about 20 minutes to check anything only to time out and say 'not checked' and trying to download anything has resulted in a hoster problem. Until this problem I've used it regularly with no complaints.

05-17-11 at 05:00 AM	#110
TKAlex Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 35	Beware of Filesonic, they found a way to CHARGE me 9$ for a 1 month subscription. Lucky my debt card was nearly empty or they'd have taken it. I googled and acknowledged that i'm not the only one: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Pay...With/520265973

05-18-11 at 12:26 AM	#111
Noledox Bad command or file name Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 2,709	@TKAlex, code that link, and I assume you had previously signed up for a 1 month premium account? That's exactly what happened to me with Hotfile; I signed up for 1 month, and got billed again next month. Seems like this is actually a common policy. I don't think it's criminal, they just don't make it clear at all that you are actually signing up for a recurring payment.

05-19-11 at 03:31 PM	#112
PopSmith Elder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 山で Posts: 2,527	I just got an email from FileSonic saying they're discounting the trade-in price by 25% off the current prices for this Saturday and Sunday. I just thought I'd share the news in case anyone is interested in getting a premium account with their earnings. Quote: This coming weekend (21st & 22nd May 2011), trade in your points for a premium account with a bigger than ever discount! We are knocking off an extra 25% off the trade in price! (Example: 1 month premium will cost you $3.75, the lifetime premium will cost you $62.08 from your balance!)