faqs

These are some of the more commonly asked questions regarding ifile.it and mihd.net sites, contact support if you have any questions or suggestions/feedback, we would be happy to hear from you!

  • Do you have a premium accounts feature?
    • No, no plans. The site was free for several years and will remain so for the foreseable future.
    • Our philosophy is different to sites like rapidshare.com who do everything to annoy the user to pay up, we think providing a more compelling service with more features is a better choice and helps maintain the goodwill with our users.
  • What are the upload file size limits?
    • Guest User ~ 100MB 300MB per file
    • Free Registered User ~ 150MB 250MB 300MB ! per file
    • If uploading more than one file, the limit is per file, not the total
    • These limits are subject to change, we used to have higher limits but it seems uploading / downloading very large files over HTTP is an unreliable process and its hard to make any guarantees above 100MB
    • Premium accounts will probably have a higher upload file size, but not yet available
  • How many files can I upload?
    • As many files as you like :)
  • Are there any download limits?
    • Our bandwidth is shared between all users, so at peak times it might get slow, beside our best effort guarantee we can not promise anything to guest and free users
    • Do note that speeds are fastest off-peak, between 24:00 and 12:00 GMT when there are alot of unused and wasted bandwidth.
    • Free registered accounts get faster downloads than Guest users
    • Download accelerators such as FlashGet are allowed
    • Please don't open more than 2 parallel connections per download
    • Each Download Ticket expires after 24 hours
    • Our servers are in USA and EU so the people in those countries should get the faster speeds in theory.
    • There are no download counters! and you can download all you want! Same as you could with mihd.net since 2006, though there is a CAPTCHA to stop automated requests if multiple downloads occur from the same location in short time.
  • Can i resume downloads?
    • Yes! even for free users :)
  • I got an error message during upload/download what should i do?
    • See contact link down bottom of each page, send us a quick email, be happy to help you out.
  • Do i have to install anything to download?
    • No you don't have to install anything, any toolbars or spyware like other sites do ;) just make sure you have a recent enough browser to make the most of this site.
  • What is the relation between ifile.it and mihd.net?
    • iFile.it is the replacement for mihd.net, checkout blog for more details
  • How long are my files kept?
    • Guest users, 7 days after last download
    • Free registered users:
      • 90 days after last download for files below 100MB
      • 30 days after last download for files above 100MB
      • 14 days after last download for files above 200MB
    • Note the above limits are not strictly enforced and in reality sometimes takes longer if there's no need and plenty of storage available at times.
    • Also the above are set so to encourage people to avail of free accounts, and to upload smaller more manageable files.
  • Do you do direct downloads?
    • This feature is restricted to beta testing users.
  • Is there a HTTP file fetcher?
    • This feature is restricted to beta testing users.
  • Is there FTP upload?
    • No, not yet, but planned once technical issues can be overcome
  • Do you provide WebDAV access?
    • No, sorry