I am getting the same 99% for all Mega links now. Have been for a couple days.

When my IP changed Mega links suddenly stopped breaking at 99% and worked fine, for several items in a row ..

Then again bam and nothing works ... then later my IP change and all is well ... and later that day BAM ... and then my IP change and ... wait did I tell this story already?

Did Mega recently put in a secret bandwidth limit or timeout for free accounts?

Anyone else have observations or speculations? How's Mega working for everyone else?

EDIT 1:

It's maybe due to a new bug between the Mega firefox app and firefox 28.0

Using firefox 27.1 ... no problem ...

EDIT 2:

Given what other people report, I should admit that I agree, very much doubt that the problem has to do with mega intentionally doing anything or firefox's update. Most likely rather than some computer settings not playing well in combination with mega's app or the new firefox or both.

But for the people who complain about mega hanging or not working consistently, have you tried using THE SAME COMPUTER with a different IP, like going to a friend / work? Strange if it works, is all I can say. If it doesn't, then the timeout/bandwidth explanation is certainly falsified

Allowing a download to reach 99% then never completing intentionally wouldn't be a bandwidth limit - it would be malice, as well as idiotic: If 99% of the download completes, you have consumed 99% of the bandwidth you would've done had you successfully downloaded the file - only you didn't successfully download it... meaning you'd almost certainly try again, consuming that bandwidth all over again. That would be the internet equivalent of a car maker creating a car designed to crash, killing all occupants, if driven over the speed limit.

Additionally, they would be well within their rights to restrict free users, but despite being in existence for over a year, have never done so or even talked about doing so. Bandwidth costs money and free users aren't contributing. Free users are tolerated (and given a decent service) because they may be pleased with the service and become subscribers. They're not doing us any favours but they're also not setting out to deliberately piss us off. Saying "your downloads will be faster if you pay" is one thing; letting you download almost all of your file at full speed and then dropping the connection at the last second would alienate and anger free users, and make no sense from a perspective of bandwidth preservation.

No problems reported here. (Firefox 28, Mega Plugin 2.0.123.)

Mega can sometimes be flaky; on odd days it works better with Firefox than with Chrome and vice versa. That's why whenever I have a problem, I always test with multiple browsers before attempting to draw a conclusion.

:)

Just use jdownloader, works fine with mega.co.nz

I've had no problems with Mega lately.
Before I would use either Google Chrome (no problems, nothing a simple refresh can't fix; not a substitute answer) or JDownloader.
I've slowly moved away from using Chrome and now using Firefox, but still no problems when using the browser.



The only browsers I use are: Google Chrome (always latest, automatic updates) and Mozzila Firefox (always latest, automatic updates).
The plugins from Mega aren't always used. I think they're mostly for uploading? I'm not sure, but the plugin doesn't seem to have any effect on downloading from them. Or even uploading. :eye:

JDownloader has always worked magic.



It may not be ISP or broswer matters. Sometimes it may be the internet configuration.

Some healthy Speedtests done and some tinkering with either Speed tests and problem diagnosis tools | DSLReports, ISP Information (http://www.dslreports.com/tools) for their Doctor TCP program or SpeedGuide.net :: BroadBand Tools (http://www.speedguide.net/sg_tools.php) for their SG TCP Optimizer program.

Sometimes it just may be your TTL (Time to Live) settings in your network card.
I usually go back to "Default" profiles when using either of those tools. They reset back to the Default settings of your Operating Sytem. Very handy when it means a huge difference between Windows 7 and XP.

I use plain vanilla firefox with no jdownloader. I rarely have an issue. If I do it is due to their maintainance issues, or if I hit refresh. Lately I have been up and downloading in mere minutes....

When it works, it works great

Thank you all for replies

Especially thank to Sparktank for pointing out those tools. Will play with them

Yes, the title has a question mark: -- I doubt the 99% thing is intentional ... but ... in principle it might actually benefit customers, I'd argue. It's not totally crazy in the long run

Most free users of Mega (like me ... I know, I know, this is a do as I say not as I do train of thought) are consuming enormous resources without paying a cent and most file sites cut them off somehow with timeouts.

Why not this too? You see, a 99% timeout is very VERY annoying: -- it saves bandwidth by causing this type of user (the non customer!) to leave and try much later, instead of continuing to drain resources. Yes, they retry once or twice, and another item, once or twice, but then they leave, instead of going through their 10-20 item long list (why they got flagged in the first place, no?)

If other customers need server resources, a script to dynamically flag non customer IPs who have recently used significant resources and annoy them enough to get them to leave for a day or so is not a bad idea, and it's within the site's rights

I've had the 99% thing from time to time before, on different computers

usually it went away by trying later, so I ended with the above (highly speculative) thoughts ... given how the different IP => 99% hang disappears.

Someone said in the other thread that Firefox has a bug in this last version that is causing the 99% problem. I use Chrome, so no idea, but check into that.

If they wanted to save bandwidth, they'd simply flash up a message saying "too much downloading today, try again tomorrow" or impose speed restrictions.

If you're downloading a 1gb file, they're not going to actually give you give you 0.99gb of the file and then deny you the last byte.

Point taken about your thoughts that if I have ten files to download and the first one fails, I might give up after a couple of attempts, still consuming less overall bandwidth than had I successfully completed all ten files... but I still think this technique would be beyond daft to implement. There are better ways of conserving bandwidth that don't rely on artificially and maliciously creating faults in the service.

Pissing people off with deliberate, fake failures - in a way which costs you money - is no business model for any company.

Mega is a business, and if a business is not seen as reliable, people won't use it. They have enough trouble as it is, convincing people their stuff is safe after the Megaupload debacle.

Nothing is safe in this environment. Legit business users lost their info at MegaUpload too. As do many who use any of the other hosters. It is clear you cannot **depend** on it being there, having paid for an account or not.

Right Tango, oh sweet man o mystery and no reply?? :(

Ok not sure if this has been an issue for anyone or not but every single time I try to upload something on Mega in Firefox it crashes. However when i use Chrome it works fine. The problem is that FireFox has a MUCH faster upload speed compared to chrome where the speed is absouletly terrible. This is kind of a concerning issue since it really ends up delaying my uploads especially when i'm trying to do 4-7 CDs at a time. Anyone else having problems with this?

Ok not sure if this has been an issue for anyone or not but every single time I try to upload something on Mega in Firefox it crashes. However when i use Chrome it works fine. The problem is that FireFox has a MUCH faster upload speed compared to chrome where the speed is absouletly terrible. This is kind of a concerning issue since it really ends up delaying my uploads especially when i'm trying to do 4-7 CDs at a time. Anyone else having problems with this?

I don't use chrome, and I've never got crash problems for upload with firefox.

i am still having no issues. SAorei could not get a mega link to start so I tried and it dl'ed fine. 300mb. Started, downloaded, re-uploaded and posted for her in a mirror in approx. 13 minutes. I use no downloader or updates or add-ons. A very basic machine using very basic Firefox. Soooo...dunno.

I've found that if you leave it at 99% for several minutes it actually uploads successfully. It may have something to do with encrypting the file which requires a fair amount of computing power which may be limited on the server farm if everyone is uploading at the same time. Try leaving it next time for a while or uploading at a different time of the day.

The encryption is done at your end, not theirs. I now use Firefox with Mega, with their supplied plugin. No problems for months. Steady as a rock.

As of late MEGA randomly freezes on the "M" logo for me, or it fails to load the files' management page (the black circle with the smaller dots keeps loading). It seems to be an issue within their servers, I now have access to two different connections and I've a few browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera), MEGA add-on installed, the problems happen on every setup. Heck, if you want to know something, here MEGA returned usable 5 minutes ago, after a 7 hours break.

I need to pick a different file-hosting service, gave the new MEGA a fair chance, but between temporary errors, freezing uploads/downloads and the issues I spoke of above... Absolutely unreliable for me. I have no use for a piece of crap which randomly denies me access to my files.

I repeat - no problems for months. Mega is fine. Something is broken at your end. I know you don't want to hear that, but it's the truth, my friend.

I didn't find a better free service yet. Lot of storage space if you register to a free account. Fast download speed. Doesn't seem to delete files too easily. I'm not asking for more.

I repeat - no problems for months. Mega is fine. Something is broken at your end. I know you don't want to hear that, but it's the truth, my friend.
Don't start that again, or I'd have to assume you're an idiot.

zippyshare.com I found to be a reasonable alternative - old-school uploading. When making a rar file split it into 200MB chunks, and use a strong password.

LSK: Trying to help you - there's no need for that tone. Rudeness helps nobody. (Despite its baffling prevalence on this board.)

theone2000: Zippyshare is very good... They seem to delete things fairly frequently, and they have filesize limits as you said... but they're free-user friendly. I have had a few issues with getting my files into my account. They upload, the download links WORK, but "My files" is empty. Very odd. [Edit: Only happens with Z-O-O-M uploader. Oh, well.]

Helping me, really? "No problems for months. MEGA is fine," perhaps you do so unintentionally, but you come off as one giving attitude: MEGA has been flawless for me for months, so it must be a problem on 'your' end.

Man, I acknowledge you have a better knowledge of these issues and that's why I've actually went through and upgraded all I could in the time passed since our previous... "argument": new PC, updated OS, new router and an alternate connection.
I repeat, MEGA today didn't work for a huge amount of time on my end... I've considered it might have been a random problem with my connection, or miscommunication between DNS/IPs/etc... Yet, every other website besides MEGA worked as usual, plus, I've played online a bit and I've had no issues on that side, either. I'm not above admitting I'm stupid, but if something is indeed broken on my end, I suppose MEGA shouldn't be the only damn thing to shut itself out. Finally, I repeat this too: the issue disappeared just as it came - on its own. I didn't do crap on the PC today, MEGA had been inaccessible... Then all of a sudden it started working again.

Are you talking about the 30 day limit deleting they do Tango? I know a couple people have had to deal with their files just being deleted outright but even though I pretty much don't hide the contents of my uploads (meaning it's labeled exactly how it's officially named) I've never had them poofed.

As for the getting around the day limit thing I think all you have to do is log out and download the specified link a couple times and it'll get renewed. I like using Zippy it for my small uploads, very convenient.

LSK - yes, really. That's my intention, anyway. I only say that it's OK for me so that other may compare. If everybody's having problems, something's wrong with Mega. If YOU'RE having problems, something's wrong with YOUR system. That's not a personal insult, or attitude - just a logical deduction. Mega does things differently compared to other hosts - it's more susceptible to strange things going on. Certain combinations of browser/plugin work better than others... but since we're all talking to the same servers, and it works for me and not for you, it's logical common sense to assume that there's nothing wrong with the service in itself - because if there were it would be busted for EVERYBODY. You like to run down Mega, call it "a piece of crap", claim you're "sure" it's a server issue, etc - but many people are having a fantastic time there, so something else must be up.

I don't profess to know what it is... It makes no sense. It's crazy. It sounds like you've checked everything under the sun. But there you go. I wish I could tell you what was wrong, because when it's working it's the best there is. I can only say that by far the majority of people have no issues, so something else must be going on.

This is a thread about Mega issues - so it's not a crazy thing to discuss... and I don't quite understand how my post makes me an "idiot" but yours is perfectly permissible. I'm not after an argument and I have no desire to fight you or anybody - my interest in your situation is purely out of technical curiosity and a desire to figure out just WTF is going on.

May I ask what country you're in? Maybe there's some peculiarity there?

Sorry, I just saw you're in Italy. I have a number of Italian contacts who all report no problem. Can't be that then...


Are you talking about the 30 day limit deleting they do Tango? I know a couple people have had to deal with their files just being deleted outright but even though I pretty much don't hide the contents of my uploads (meaning it's labeled exactly how it's officially named) I've never had them poofed.

As for the getting around the day limit thing I think all you have to do is log out and download the specified link a couple times and it'll get renewed. I like using Zippy it for my small uploads, very convenient.

I've never been DCMA'd at Zippy - just had the expirations as you said. I'm too lazy and forgetful to re-download stuff after 30 days... I think Zippy is great for samples and small stuff too.

As I repeat ad nauseum, I almost never have issues with Mega. Which is why I will only use it. I can get links when others say it does not work. So I dunno what the issue is, but it is not the links themselves.

The only 100% verifiable thing I know of that happens is that SOME files disappear SOMETIMES. I have one file that is still in my folder but I get "Temporary Error" when I try to download it - and so does everybody else who tries - and it's not temporary, it started doing that about six months ago. No idea why. Apart from that, it's cool. Oh yeah, and sometimes X browser acts a bit weird but Y works. That doesn't particularly bother me because it takes a few seconds to switch and then everything's hunky dory. Mega is so good at the core that I can forgive weird little annoyances like that.

Currently living in: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Milan. MEGA has been working good for me, for a short period of time, but look, I'll give you a precise list of what I've done today: this morning (local time - 8:00 AM) I went about my daily-check to see if the account and hosted files were still there on MEGA. Firefox Add-on enabled, the website loaded correctly. I return home after lunch, MEGA loads the little "M" logo, but it doesn't proceed... I don't get to my Files' Management page. I do something else for an hour and later try again to load MEGA, same thing happens. I try to visit one of my own download links, which I have saved in a .txt... Same crap. Disabled the Firefox add-on, cleared its cache and cookies and restarted. Let's try again MEGA, still got stuck on that little "M" logo, I refresh and I get to see the small black circle which precedes the loading of all the files/folders stored on the account (I don't know if this is relevant, but in the upper-right corner my current avatar on MEGA was loaded correctly).
Gave a try to Google Chrome and then Opera, had the same results. Thought "Screw it" and played online on PlayStation 3, had dinner, etcetera. Tried once more to load MEGA at 11:20 PM, it worked again. To my knowledge, I didn't do anything to cause the issue and more importantly, I didn't do anything to fix it. MEGA stopped loading completely and later restarted absolutely on its own.

I have never ever experienced anything like that...?

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Leon, the screen you describe is totally different than mine. I get a red circle in the middle of the page, with the white M. As the page loads, an outer red circle appears going clockwise around the center. When the loop completes the link buttons appear. A big red one for download and a big grey one for import. And a giant red down arrow in a little red lined cloud on the left. I just downloaded a 350 mb file in about 35 seconds. Which is normal for me, and is why I tend to use it.

Sounds like some temporary changes in the ISP side for maintenance (routing, caching) could have caused problems like that on any browser, even just for certain geographical areas of the ISP, while the end servers and clients were OK. Then the encrypted downloads from Mega could be more susceptible to fail and everything worked again after they restored the normal service.

Time ago, to figure out the origin of a connection problem, I set up an alternate connection with an old RTB modem and a free account provided by another company in their website, where you paid only the phone call. Not sure if those are still available, but may be worth to check it out, not only for testing purposes: it came to be very useful the last time a thunderstorm burned my router.

so anyone started to receive mails from mega about files being deleted?

Don't let your mega links be reached through search engines, otherwise there might be automatically deleted.

how do I do that?

@Orie
This forum hide automatically links in post to non-registered users, so google or any other search engine won't be able to see links there normally.
You might also use tinyurl.com for instance, to "recode" your mega links if you post somewhere else.

This is the only site I have had issues at. I use mailinator to create multiple free accounts, one for each site. Shrine links/accounts are the only ones ever flagged, I believe by a member/members here.

i knowing references to shrine post on some label forums and reported. not surprised if people watching here. not smart to ignore...

Yes, it is fairly well documented that both FSM and Varese have or are watching the forum at least. Also a few smaller labels/musicians have interacted here directly. It is not at all unlikely the others are too.

This is the only site I have had issues at. I use mailinator to create multiple free accounts, one for each site. Shrine links/accounts are the only ones ever flagged, I believe by a member/members here.

Same issue with me.
I am in a private forum in which my links are not reported, because ... it's a private and friends only forum. And we lock anyone that register there that we don't know, to protect ourselves.

Most people here report my links, I know why. They don't have brain cells enough in their brain to "discover" what is the password into some of my files. Therefore, they get angry and want revenge.

I just discovered which files got deleted (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/only-old-anime-osts-bgm-einachi-67259/261.html#post2670246)
I can guess who reported my links..., as that thread as had it's downs due to some bitchy users.
so it does not matter if my links are in some ncryptic or tinyurl.. to protect the links. Because now I know and I am sure, those files were reported by someone in this forum.

Seems so. The Gatchaman II link is a very recent one, I just downloaded it the other day, last week maybe? :( My links started getting flagged after I refused to give a link to one member via pm. It was a Varese thing, and he sent 5 pm in one afternoon, demanding to know why he had not yet received it, so I told him off. That day, all links started getting flagged. Coincidence? Punishing everyone because you did not get your way as soon as you wanted...:( so, I am right there with ya...

Honestly, I deem it unlikely for "mere" members to report->flag->getting your links deleted. On most file-hosts I've used, the DMCA/report pages they had required of the user to provide some kind of prove that he/she was authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder. Of course, those actually managing the websites might also shit themselves in fear and simply delete files when they're reported.

Leon, my troubles did not start until that day, and that disagreement. Everything was fine until then. And we are not the only members experiencing this.

Yeah, yeah... I just think it seemed weird; in the past I did ask friends to try reporting my links on the likes of RapidShare and 2Shared, just to name two... My files remained where they were. Oh, well, that was years ago, they've probably got a lot more "touchy" ever since MEGAUPLOAD's takedown.

The conclusion that some insiders blowing the whistle and reporting links was so obvious.

@:Orie: Follow my post (made on one of your uploads in the forums) and re-read what I said. It was made 2 years ago, and this fact is still true to date :D

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/14-blades-henry-lai-2010-hk-movie-89554/#post2191712

Now because some of the members have also been aggressive, they could also be some random haters.

HCL, we do know several labels were watching posts at one time, though it is unknown if they are still actively doing so. And many members who migrated from the FSM message board a few years ago are actively hostile to sharing music. They came when that big Ron Jones box set was shared and were determined to "destroy us" and "crush ffshrine". Though most of that seems to be gone from the open threads, all still remain members and could still be acting behind the scenes I guess. Airwolf links that were posted here were reported directly to Cairns, who proceeded to join and then scream at everyone stealing his work. (airwolf material is now on the banned list as a result). So, it does happen. Some sites are easier than others. I have created links now and then just to go through the process of attemting to report. Most have a long process to go through, as Leon says. So I honestly can't say. But Mega links have generally been rock solid, yet shortly after this incident I had, my whole account got flagged and deleted. Seems...odd.

My mega links have been Solid, like you say.
Old anime ost thread has had his share of hypocrisy and users like 3shiro, which I would put my hand on fire, that he was the one to report my links. That guy says he this and that, and never shares. And sometimes call us pirates and we are not ahead of the law in pirating music... yeah. a guy you wanna kill, smack and ask Godzilla to eat and spit.
Day after I shared the Gatchaman cds, I got a an e-mail from mega saying it was reported. If it was not that guy asking fro re-upload, I would never guess what was reported. Because they just give a link, that is deleted, and not the file name.. so, yeah, haystack thing.

I still can't seem to upload anything on mega with firefox because it keeps crashing. I've been trying to find solutions to make it work lately but nothing goes. I suppose I'll just have to start using chrome now. It may be much slower but at least it works.

And I still have no issues to report with it lately. It was wonky about a month ago, but that did not last long,. I only use firefox, with no plug-in. I just don't get why some can and other can't, even in the same geological locations?

I use google chrome when I need to download or upload from Mega.
I use firefox for everything else.

Mega has always given me trouble.
Anything over 200MBs doesn't download or upload using Firefox (something about there being not enough RAM and wanting me to use their plug-in - no thanks) and Chrome is about 70/30.
It also likes to leave big temp files around that I have to manually delete.

Just recently I've been getting a failed download error, but I found a fix of sorts. Turns out I was, somehow, saving the file a little too early. I have to wait a while AFTER the save window pops up (the Chrome icon on the taskbar will fill up as if it were downloading something, even though it's not) or else it will fail.
No idea what that's about. I wish I knew about it before attempting every fix I could think of and failing to download the same file about seven times.

The plugin is really the easiest way to download.
With the plugin, you designate a download directory where everything will get saved once it's completed.
It cleans up temp files so you don't have to do it manually. That's with the plugin, of course.

It downloads in increments and them recompiles the download to original file.
That's why you have to wait after it's finished downloading.

Using the plugin, you'll get that pop-up after it's finished recompiling your download to it's original file.