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Another ditto on the 2 e-mails saying my account is to be deleted. Hope they didn't already shut the service down :p
 
The forums over there are full of topics about how their account is getting deleted.

Now before people get in an uproar let's review facts. I'm going to just state them plain and simply and let every one else make a decision.

Domain Name.......... filefarmer.com
Creation Date........ 2005-07-12
Registration Date.... 2005-07-12
Expiry Date.......... 2006-07-12
Organisation Name.... File Farm
Organisation Address. 1434 Morton Circle
Organisation Address. Suite C
Organisation Address. Claremont
Organisation Address. 91711
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... File Farm
Admin Address........ 1434 Morton Circle
Admin Address........ Suite C
Admin Address........ Claremont
Admin Address........ 91711
Admin Address........ CA
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... [email protected]
Admin Phone.......... +1.9094501809
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
Tech Address......... 94089
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... [email protected]
Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096
Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com


Contact Email (taken from contact us link on site) [email protected]

Lets take a look at the PayPal address [email protected]

admin made references to another URL thats shorter for users to use...

Domain Name.......... farmz.net
Creation Date........ 2005-07-12
Registration Date.... 2005-07-12
Expiry Date.......... 2006-07-12
Organisation Name.... Sterling Beck
Organisation Address. 936 Sierra Blanca Drive
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Monrovia
Organisation Address. 91016
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Sterling Beck
Admin Address........ 936 Sierra Blanca Drive
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Monrovia
Admin Address........ 91016
Admin Address........ CA
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... [email protected]
Admin Phone.......... +1.6269756628
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
Tech Address......... 94089
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... [email protected]
Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096
Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com


Forgot to add this URL also...

Domain Name: FILEFARM.BIZ
Domain ID: D10341513-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: MELBOURNE IT D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLD WIDE
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 13
Domain Status: ok
Registrant ID: A11211477502084
Registrant Name: Sterling Beck
Registrant Organization: FileFarm
Registrant Address1: 1434 Morton Circle
Registrant Address2: Suite C
Registrant City: Claremont
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 91711
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +1.9094501809
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Administrative Contact ID: A11211477502082
Administrative Contact Name: File Farm
Administrative Contact Organization: Sterling Beck
Administrative Contact Address1: 1434 Morton Circle
Administrative Contact Address2: Suite C
Administrative Contact City: Claremont
Administrative Contact State/Province: CA
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 91016
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.9094501809
Administrative Contact Email: [email protected]
Billing Contact ID: C112114767731728
Billing Contact Name: YahooDomains BillingContact
Billing Contact Organization: Yahoo! Inc
Billing Contact Address1: 701 First Ave.
Billing Contact City: Sunnyvale
Billing Contact State/Province: CA
Billing Contact Postal Code: 94089
Billing Contact Country: United States
Billing Contact Country Code: US
Billing Contact Phone Number: +1.6198813096
Billing Contact Facsimile Number: +1.6198813010
Billing Contact Email: [email protected]
Technical Contact ID: A11211477502083
Technical Contact Name: YahooDomains TechContact
Technical Contact Organization: Yahoo! Inc
Technical Contact Address1: 701 First Ave.
Technical Contact City: Sunnyvale
Technical Contact State/Province: CA
Technical Contact Postal Code: 94089
Technical Contact Country: United States
Technical Contact Country Code: US
Technical Contact Phone Number: +1.6198813096
Technical Contact Facsimile Number: +1.6198813010
Technical Contact Email: [email protected]
Name Server: YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server: YNS2.YAHOO.COM
Created by Registrar: MELBOURNE IT D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLD WIDE
Domain Registration Date: Tue Jul 12 05:55:57 GMT 2005
Domain Expiration Date: Tue Jul 11 23:59:59 GMT 2006

Found a few more sites that Mr Sterling beck is running...

Domain Name.......... atgig.com
Creation Date........ 2005-03-13
Registration Date.... 2005-03-13
Expiry Date.......... 2006-03-13
Organisation Name.... Sterling Beck
Organisation Address. 1208 Blackburn Rd
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Apex
Organisation Address. 27502
Organisation Address. NC
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Brad Jasper
Admin Address........ 1208 Blackburn Rd
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Apex
Admin Address........ 27502
Admin Address........ NC
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... [email protected]
Admin Phone.......... +1.9192446303
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
Tech Address......... 94089
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... [email protected]
Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096
Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010
Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com

Contact emails for atgig.com [email protected] and [email protected]





Other members in the thread have referenced how the owner/admin has tried this before and has failed shortly...

** applies to both sites **

My personal issues...

#1 The site looks like it's been cobbled together in a few hours after registering the domain..

#2 If the guy can afford all that hosting than why the hell can't he afford to host his own email?

#3 The site still isn't fully configured

#4 The free accounts were supposedly able to upgrade to php+mysql for a small fee

Quote taken from admin post in the forums at filefarmer.com

" Hi Gadgit. In a few days we will offer our FileFarmer users an upgrade option for PHP and MySql on their account. The upgrade fee will be small (under $5) payable via paypal. It will be a onetime fee. It will last for as long as the account is maintained in good standing. "

Now this worries me because this also implys that the site isn't ready for commercial use but it's already being promoted. Just makes me get the feeling that the whole thing is just there to suck up as much money as quickly as possible.


K now I've tried to give information to help people make a decision. Personally I expect the site to go under. Use at your own risk... I'm only bring these points up because the site is offering services for cash, and honestly I don't want to see any one get ripped off.

Oh and more people complanin here
 
Thanks for the good info.

I was really excited over the free hosting. Does anyone know of another place with good free hosting? Or at least as close to free as possible?

They got me all excited over nothing. :(
 
Well pending the owner doesn't crap bricks when they realize that every one caught on. I'm still more than willing to take some spam and crappy service as long as it runs for a few.

Just don't expect any thing you put on there to last... :D
 
well, i suppose we shouldn't be surprised. this guy was claiming to be giving away over 6000 gigs of free space on almost the first day. shame it didn't even last long enough to take advantage of all that space... oh well... maybe google will do something like this one day :p
 
I JUST got this email:

FileFarmer Is not going to delete your account - explanation

Hello, and thanks for signing up for a recent FileFarmer.com account.
Many of our good users have had some trouble accessing their accounts, and we attempted to send out a mass email recently with the activation code for all those that missed it. Apparently this went wrong, and many of you received an email saying something like "Your account will be terminated in ten days"


Please do not worry. Your account will not be terminated. We apologize for the incorrect email.


If you have any questions please join us on our forums at http://filefarmer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=610#610


We understand that there are many worries and ill rumors spreading. We apologize and ask that everyone just act with patience and give our service a fair test. Thanks again, and I apologize for all the emails.


The FileFarmer.com Team


so what do we think?
 
I just signed up. Hopefully my acct doesnt get capped...
 
If you need picture hosting or just random stuff hosting I say sign up.

Just remember you get what you pay for...

Now I'm off to upload a crap load of pics!

I'd like to add I didn't intend to scare any one away. Again I only wanted to inform those who wanted to possibly pay for their services. While the past may not be 100% accurate, it gives us a good idea of what might happen in the future.
 
Everfalling said:
I JUST got this email:

FileFarmer Is not going to delete your account - explanation

Hello, and thanks for signing up for a recent FileFarmer.com account.
Many of our good users have had some trouble accessing their accounts, and we attempted to send out a mass email recently with the activation code for all those that missed it. Apparently this went wrong, and many of you received an email saying something like "Your account will be terminated in ten days"


Please do not worry. Your account will not be terminated. We apologize for the incorrect email.


If you have any questions please join us on our forums at http://filefarmer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=610#610


We understand that there are many worries and ill rumors spreading. We apologize and ask that everyone just act with patience and give our service a fair test. Thanks again, and I apologize for all the emails.


The FileFarmer.com Team


so what do we think?
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DAMN!!!! You beat me too it :)

I just got the same email.....I guess were gonna see what happens ...Im not putting anything up there thats important :)
 
I'm just going to set up a small blog and use the rest for hosting, can't beat that though, its free. :D
 
I signed up. Good place to store files that I need, instead of using gmail for it.

Or at least another place, so my buddies can get the stuff too.

In looking at the site, it looks like this is a new startup company that it giving away these free accounts so we can beta-test stuff for him. Then, in a year when the "testing" phase is complete, hopefully he'll have enough "payers" to pay the bills.

Not a "horrid" biz model, but not the wisest....
 
and i just got a 3rd "your account will be deleted in 10 days" email AFTER i got the "your account isnt going to be deleted" email
this guy has to figure out what hes doin
 
Well imageshack and photobucket are all well and good but this was different. I was able to mirror files and all sorts of stuff off it. I feel sorry for anyone who actually paid for his hosting services he offered. At least the free accounts didnt request anymore info then name and email address.
 
lol, I mean my account is frozen, I click login, it doesnt go... just say LOADING
 
Thanks, my last two year free professional web hosting deal expires in a couple months.
 
This is Bullshit i made the account with them a week ago they said it will be free 3000MB Space after a week they start sending emails to the people who created new accounts for $5 upgrade per account which will give users a FTP upload.
If you don;t upgrade your account they will close your account.
 
i could use a cheap ass site (free) to develope some website stuff before i port it over to a main stream system. cool gonan give it a try
 
Signed up - don't expect this to stay around long but figured what the heck! May as well give it a shot.
 
eh mine got past the 10 day mark and is still up :D
 
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