file storage

[mofo]

I have a few BIG video files of recordings i made at the racetrack on my bike, they are up to 50 Mb each but can be made around 15 Mb if i compress them some more. I would like my friends to be able to download them from the web, but my ISP only allows me for 15 Mb max storage. Is there a way to do this cheaply, i don't really want to have to buy expensive web hosting, are there any good free servers like they do for email? thanks.

[doctorgonzo]

There are online storage services available, but you are going to have to pay eventually. Just Google "online storage" for some ideas.

[Statica]

You could set up a temporary FTP or web daemon on your system and have them download it from your computer, that is if you have a fast enough connection to the internet.

NB-1: make sure you take a note to see, that you will not be abusing your ISP's bandwidth too much; some ISP's don't allow such tools, check your ISP's ToS and related documentation.
NB-2: make sure that you use it only when needed and shut it down when not needed. It could also be a security hole that you are openning up.

Sorry about the warnings, but heeding both the issues could save you a great deal of trouble. If you deal with the risks as such - you could check out FTP servers at: http://www.tucows.com/ftpserver95_default.html
or WWW servers at: http://www.tucows.com/httpserver95_default.html
I'd like to recommend: http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm (SimpleServer) as a great start-up web server to share files.

Again, if this is a one time thing or a rare thing, then its easy enough; but if you are going to do it regularly, you'd probably have better luck going thr route doctorgonzo suggested.

[mofo]

thanks a bunch. I just bought 500mb of storage with 10gb monthly bandwidth for $5.99, seemed like a good deal.