Important news for our Asian members
Today we have an announcement that will affect many of our users in China and Southeast Asia, as well as users whose files receive traffic from this part of the world. As of Tuesday, February 12, files hosted in free DivShare accounts will no longer be accessible to visitors in this region. Premium users will not be affected the by this change, and current users in this region will always be able to access their own files. No files will be deleted.
The affected countries are: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Mongolia.
Downloaders: If you are in these countries, you will be able to download any file from any uploader if you have a premium account.
Existing Free Members: Starting Feb. 12, files in free accounts will not be accessible from the above countries unless the downloader has a premium account. If you live in one of these countries and are already a member, you will still have access to the files in your free account. All visitors from other countries will still have access to your files. If you would like to continue to serve downloads to China and Southeast Asia, an upgrade will allow you to do so.
Upgrading: We have created a new premium account, DivShare Basic, for members in the above countries. The Basic plan includes 5 GB of storage and 50 GB of downloads per month for just $3.95 per month. Current free members in China and Southeast Asia will be able to switch to Basic premium plans and continue to serve files to visitors anywhere in the world. New members from this region will only have the option to sign up for Basic or one of the other premium plans.
Why the change? Our free accounts are supported by advertising, and unfortunately the online advertising market in China and Southeast Asia is much weaker than in other parts of the world. We’re still proud to offer our storage and sharing services to users in this region, but we ask that they join us as premium rather than ad-supported members.
If you have any questions or are interested in a custom premium account, let us know. Thanks for being a part of DivShare!
February 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Shame on you guys.
I think this is a racial discrimination.
Well…. Fine
I’m sure no one will pay any penny to you SOBs.
February 6th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
[…] Important: Starting February 12, files hosted on free accounts will no longer be accessible to free users inChina and Southeast Asia. For all the details, check out this blog post. […]
February 7th, 2008 at 2:54 am
[…] Important: Starting February 12, files hosted on free accounts will no longer be accessible to free users in China and Southeast Asia. For all the details, check out this blog post. […]
February 7th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Frustrated！
February 7th, 2008 at 7:33 am
okay! yuor are very best!!!
and we will no longer use your space too.
些想我們會付錢啦，網路空間這麼多你們提供的又沒多好，速度也不快，還有流量限制
我呸!!
February 7th, 2008 at 8:01 am
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February 8th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Selamat Tinggal DivShare
Setelah membatasi fasilitas yang diberikan, dalam hitungan hari bandwidth untuk account saya yang mempunyai jatah 50GB habis. Tadi malam, saya sempat membaca komentar dari Henry U.S.S.A jika mulai 12 Februari mendatang file yang dihosting oleh pengguna…
February 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I was supposed to be a paying member, im on the free trial as a current customer. however im not sure if i’ll be carry on. I’ve sent 10 emails to support, and none have been answered. Why should i pay for a service when no one there gives a fly fudgicle and ignores support questions?
February 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Erm… does that means that I can download files in my account evern if I’m from one of the countries above?
February 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
[…] Tadi login ke websitenya divshare, asalnya mau ngupload file zip untuk sebuah posting sebelum ini. Ternyata eh ternyata.. Setelah saya login, ada pengumuman yang mengecewakan: setelah tanggal 12 Februari file-file yang diupload oleh pengguna gratisan tidak bisa didownload dari china atau southeast asia (ya termasuk indonesia pastinya). Jadi katanya untuk bisa sharing file ke orang2, pengguna layanan gratis dipersilakan untuk mengupgrade accountnya. kenapa cuman untuk china dan southeast asia saja? Alasannya sih “Our free accounts are supported by advertising, and unfortunately the online advertising market in China and Southeast Asia is much weaker than in other parts of the world.” […]
February 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
people, it is not uncommon for a website to block a region. i imagine it is not free for divshare to host the million+ files its users have uploaded. if users in a region are COSTING them money (which seems to be the case, according to the blog), it only makes sense for them to do this. divshare is by far the cleanest and easiest to use file storage website i have found. i gladly pay 14.95 a month for their services.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:07 am
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February 11th, 2008 at 7:01 am
problem is they suck at customer service, and ignore their paying customers. Not sure i’ll stay with the. Also they’re not the only host like this anymore, several others have since launched that are equally as clean, and don’t have the downtime, speed or loading issues
February 12th, 2008 at 7:35 am
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February 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I just see a class action suit being slapped on you guys soon. I haven’t had a decent week’s service since signing up for the premium service. Nothing but headaches, and now you guys don’t even answer my emails. Shame on you guys. Uploading sucks because it won’t upload the whole file now, the FTP upload doesn’t work, plus everytime I go to the download page, it counts as a download whether I download the file or not. Oh, and IF the upload is successful, it doesn’t convert to flash. What the hell am I paying you guys for? This is a total rip off.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
How about us paying customers who gets substandard service? We support the free customers too, but we get nothing! Give me my money back!
February 13th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
That is not very good to users.
I am going to start using http://www.filebam.com
Not happy for the Asian users as a web company should create services for everyone who has access. Country and location independent.
February 18th, 2008 at 4:37 am
[…] Tapi kini, pengguna yang ingin mendownload file di tempat tersebut harus login terlebih dahulu: Sorry, this file is unavailable in your region. This file is not available to free users in China and Southeast Asia. To download it, you must sign up for a DivShare account. For more information, read our blog post on the policy. […]