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Re: Rate/Review my startup - streamfile

#12
post #5

Why shouldn't I just seed a file as a torrent? torrents let the people who started downloading, upload segments they have already downloaded...

This seems a bit simpler, especially if you don't already have a BitTorrent client. But perhaps Streamfile could be a frontend to a simplified BitTorrent tracker.

I don't know the details of how the BitTorrent protocol works, could it start seeding a partially uploaded file, or does it require knowledge of the entire file before seeding can begin?

Re: Rate/Review my startup - streamfile

#13
Love the simplicity of the site. Awesome service. I just sent a pic of myself to myself: http://www.streamfile.com/id/ZmkDG4QW1YhbiI90YNbCNgyM754Ke/1...

It's a shame I cant view the jpg in the browser but great work nonetheless. Though I think bandwidth will get very costly quick.

Re: Rate/Review my startup - streamfile

#16
Streamfile is thought to work as a service aimed to enterprise environment where bittorent clients and ports are blocked on most client computers & networks. I agree that the streaming progress can be presented in a better way, we are working on this as we speak.

Re: Rate/Review my startup - streamfile

#17
post #3

The site is slow.

The site may appear slow to north american visitors due to the fact that all servers are located in Sweden, Nothern Europe (this is why we also can afford the bandwith at the moment).

Plans are soon to add server nodes in U.S, Middle East and Hong Kong.

Re: Rate/Review my startup - streamfile

#19
Neat idea. Quibbles:

1) No explanation of what you're doing. Minimalism is good, being completely text-free not so much.

2) Entering an invalid email address, I get something that looks like a mangled smartquote (opera on ubuntu): 'Email address Recipient’s email(s) is not valid.'

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