Hivebox Review

Sorry that this wasn't posted earlier, but it just came to my attention that others have been wanting to know more about us.

What is Hivebox.net?

We host utorrent WebUI and ftp accounts on a 100M and 1G servers that you have access to, but you don't have actual remote connections to the server itself.

The utorrent WebUI is accessed through your browser and you can maintain your torrents anyway that you like.

You access the FTP through a secure encryption in which you can upload/download files from, which does count against your bandwidth used.

Why use Hivebox.net?

Unsure about what to do on a seedbox? Don't feel like you have enough knowledge about networks to be comfortable on a seedbox? Don't have the money to maintain your own seedbox? Well, that's what we're here for then. To help you with the technical aspects on it so that you just have to pay attention to your files, all at a low cost.

Can I use my Hivebox account to upload?

Yes. It's easier than most people think, you just have to have the files on a computer that you can access and have them uploaded to your account. You would then make the torrent on the computer you have access to, make the torrent file, fill out the torrent info and create the torrent, then download the torrent to get it started...only instead of opening the torrent on your computer, you upload it to the seedbox in the WebUI.

How are the speeds?

Speeds differ on sites and really depends on who is connecting to you. Not everyone in the world is connectable due to misconfigured torrent client, routers, firewalls, networks, ISP blocking, etc.

But be warned...on some sites you can easily use up your bandwidth in one day. At one point, I was uploading 18G every 20 minutes on one particular site...

Some screenshots of the speeds were posted on toptorrents here: http://toptorrents.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2962

Quick Notes

I don't use the FTP to download my files. I only use it to upload files to Hivebox. If I want a particular file, I'll download it to my hard drive and to the seedbox. I'll turn off my utorrent once it's done and then just seed back the file on the seedbox to a 2:2 at least...same bandwidth is used and you'll get the file faster in some cases.

I hope this answers most of your questions. If you have any other questions, please stop by toptorrents.org and post your questions there. We have a lot of members that frequent this board as well, but we spend most of our time there or on Hivebox.

Peace!

AIO

Nice review

Hey, didn't you say you were gonn let me try it out for free?


Edit: Nevermind, I just found out I can :) I'm getting a little out of the loop over there.

nice review, the only problem i had was the bandwidth limit :(

what bandwith limit??^^ i have some questions i herd that you FTP only from hivebox at 250kb is that true if not what else can you use to transfer the downloaded file to your pc??

oh what i mean is the usage limit

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Originally Posted by IGetMoney

what bandwith limit??^^ i have some questions i herd that you FTP only from hivebox at 250kb is that true if not what else can you use to transfer the downloaded file to your pc??

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The ftp speeds depend where you are located. In the uk some people hit upwards of 1mb/s.

In the states I here it is 250 max I believe. Using ftp is the only way to get the files to your pc.

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Originally Posted by whiteboy

Using ftp is the only way to get the files to your pc.

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thats the issue 4 me. makes it tougher to buffer

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Originally Posted by IGetMoney

what bandwith limit??^^ i have some questions i herd that you FTP only from hivebox at 250kb is that true if not what else can you use to transfer the downloaded file to your pc??

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See my QUICK NOTES which I included in case someone had questions about the ftp. I don't use the FTP to download my files, I use the originating torrent site.

Please also note that you can buy more bandwidth if you want it. It depends on the server speeds and how much bandwidth that you would like.

when you say originating torrent site what do you mean i am asking like say you download from the hivebox and then want the torrent file on your pc so you just select where on the computer you want it downloaded am i right lol???

ummm...I download the file twice from the torrent site. One to the seedbox, and one to my PC. I turn off utorrent on my PC once the file is done downloading, and I let the seedbox seed the file for me.

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Originally Posted by AIO

ummm...I download the file twice from the torrent site. One to the seedbox, and one to my PC. I turn off utorrent on my PC once the file is done downloading, and I let the seedbox seed the file for me.

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This is the easiest way to do it. The idea of the box for most is to buffer anyways.

So a lt of the time the things you grab arent going to be things you want but popular stuff with lots of leechers.

ohhhhhhhhhhhh ok now i understand thanks for clearing that up so one is on your pc and the other is seeding from your hivebox smarttttttttttt lol

ok one question tho i live in Canada how fast of a download speed would i get say on a torrent from bitmetv or sct?? with the 1Gb plan??

thanks for any answers

wait a sec from the review the way i understood this is there is no root access. it seems these are managed boxes. plus it doesn't actually state on the website the processors and whether or not it is dedi, so if infact there is root access, how fast are the boxes and are they shared?

good question^^ i have no clue if they are shared or not haha