Archive for the 'Seedbox' Category

Seedbox Providers Now Offering Unmetered 1Gbps

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Within the seedbox industry, the well-known drawback to 1Gbps lies within the limits of how much monthly bandwidth is allowable: you get great speeds but it’s generally not sustainable. Reading the fine print, capped throughput limits of 3TB to…

OVH, Kimsufi Now Available in the US, Canada

Thursday, June 17th, 2010


Good news for do-it-yourself seedbox aficionados – OVH has finally launched its long awaited expansion into the US and Canada. North Americans (except Mexico) are now able to purchase directly from OVH’s entire line of products at ovh.ie, which also includes the popular Kimsufi brand (found at kimsufi.ie) and even save the VAT. However, there [...]

Xirvik – Reinventing How Seedboxes Should Be Done

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010


We’re pleased to introduce a special promotion to FSF readers – a 10 – 17% discount on Xirvik seedboxes for the first month. The seedbox landscape has certainly changed over the past year or so – and Xirvik has evolved to become a trailblazing competitor in the marketplace. If you’re unfamiliar with Xirvik boxes, you’re [...]

Seedwave – A Private Seedbox Sharing Community

Sunday, March 21st, 2010


After briefly introducing Seedwave in our latest seedbox providers article, we’ve encountered a fair bit of feedback from readers wanting to learn more. What is Seedwave? A seedbox provider that’s selling slots, or a discussion board for like-minded, experienced seedbox members? Well, it’s a bit of both; and a whole lot more. The ideology behind [...]

12 All-New Seedbox Providers for Faster Torrents

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010


SeedForMe
BlazinSeedboxes
PulsedMedia
Elite Seeders
Seedwave
ServerScene
TornadoGet
DesiSeedbox
iSeedbox.net
Just-Seed
DS.net
Corong.com
GetASeedbox
While newly imposed OVH setup fees, bandwidth caps & shaping have taken a toll on the seedbox scene, you wouldn’t know it from the number of new seedbox "companies" that are vying for your torrent dollars. Nearly two months have passed since we rounded up the latest seedbox providers – let us present 12 [...]

Avalanche: A New Feature-Rich rTorrent Web GUI

Monday, March 15th, 2010


Unlike uTorrent, one of the coolest things about rTorrent is that it’s open source, thus giving just about anyone the opportunity to develop a web frontend to support this popular BitTorrent client. Introducing Avalanche – a new web GUI for rTorrent that combines a simple yet sophisticated interface which so happens to be packed with [...]

New Seedbox Providers (and Other Seedbox News)

Sunday, January 17th, 2010


GGSHQ – 1 Gbit
SeedboxServers
Switchlink
Zazeen
Torrent-Remote
Seedbox4U
RapidSpeeds
Seedbox providers are similar to torrent trackers: both come and go, and only the truly great ones are able to survive in an over-saturated market. After sifting through various FSF seedbox articles, we tagged at least 30 as "dead" providers (listed below) but also came up with 17 new ones (at least [...]

Alternatives to OVH: The Best Money For Your Server

Friday, December 11th, 2009


Few can dispute the fact that OVH dominates the torrent landscape on many different levels. Whether it’s seedbox providers, resellers, trackers that use OVH, or savvy seedbox owners who do it on their own; OVH is reported to possess up to 70% of the seedbox/torrent market & traffic throughout private trackers. A simple peek into [...]

Alternatives to OVH: The Best Server For Your Money

Friday, December 11th, 2009


Few can dispute the fact that OVH dominates the torrent landscape on many different levels. Whether it’s seedbox providers, resellers, trackers that use OVH, or savvy seedbox owners who do it on their own; OVH is reported to possess up to 70% of the seedbox/torrent market & traffic throughout private trackers. A simple peek into [...]

14 New Seedbox Providers to Speed Up Your Torrents

Saturday, November 7th, 2009


The overall cost of a seedbox service really hasn’t changed all that much over the past 18 months, but what has changed is what you can expect to get for your money. Providers that offer seedboxes with torrent limits are being left behind in favor of more robust (and affordable) solutions – with "slices" (VPSes) [...]