I don't care how much it cost, I want my visitors to be able to get files they want. If they get "file not found", they get very frustrated, so I am tired of re-uploading/re-uploading/re-uploading, what we need is a reliable solution more then a cheap solution.
Evenmore, you lose so many visitors while your files are down, and you lose visitors TRUST, which is THE most important thing.
So, I definitely would give 50$ a month in a service which works, is reliable not 1 year, but 5-10-20 years. That way I can replace my files daily, and visitors wouldn't even feel any disturbance, not to mention that more people will renew their accounts.
I've been doing this since Filesonic, I make 300-400$/month, and I cuold easily get to a
1000$ just if I could replace/upload files more easily with some VPS or so. Right now I have ext. 2TB HDD and I upload my files from local university(10-12 MB/s), which is pain in the S, I can't get internet with good upload speed because I live in Serbia, and I have to find a back up plan, because Novafile deleted my files every day!
From what I've read, it seams that hotfile and 1fichtier are the best, but, who knows what will happen in 1-2 years, I mean, it's just becoming so frustrating, for me, and for my visitors...:139:
Rent a server! It might be more expensive but there is almost 0 chance your files will be lost.
Filehosts these days launch and die the next day, it's not worth it.