PipeBytes is a free online service which let you to share files with your friends. This service is web-based, which means no plugin/software installation required!

Many instant messenger(IM) such as Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, or mIRC provide users to send file to their contacts. But what happen if you want to send a file to your friend which doesn’t use same IM as you? I don’t think a Live Messenger user can send file to a Skype user, right? So, can we make file sharing simple? Yes, you can. By using PipeBytes, The file sharing is really simple. With just 2 steps, you can share you file with your friends.

So, how PipeBytes works? When yougo to their main site, you can either choose Send File or Pickup File. Let say you want to share an image file with your friend. Then you choose Send File. After that, you click the Browse to select file that you want to share. Then, press the Start Upload button and PipeBytes will generate a 12-digit Pick-up code and a Pick-up URL for you. You can either send your friend the 12-digit Pick-up code or the Pick-up URL. The screenshot below show the uploading process:

When your friend is downloading the file, both of you can not close the browser and they will randomly play a Youtube movie clip. Both of you will have different movie clip playing. The main advantage of PipeBytes compare to other similar service like YouSendIt, Driveway, and MailBigFile is the unlimited file size.

Why PipeBytes can support unlimited file size while other service can’t? It is because PipeBytes does not host your file. It is being send to your friend when they enter the Pick-up code, which means that after you click the Start Upload button, your file doesn’t upload to the server. So, you are not using their bandwidth, and the speed of transfer depends on you and your friend’s broadband speed.

As state in their main page, there are a few unique advantages of this service:

1. No software install.
2. All you need is a web browser.
3. Send file of any size.
4. Your friend can start downloading once you upload it.
5. It is a private file sharing, which means only people who hold the 12-digit Pick-up code can download the file and the file doesn’t store in the server.
6. You can watch Youtube movie while the file is being transfered!

There are a few things that you need to remember while using this service:

1. Both of you can not close the browser until the file finish transfer.
2. The file can only send to one person at one time.
3. Your file doesn’t start upload until your friend start download.
4. The speed of transfer depends on you and your friend’s broadband speed.

Click here to enter their site and start sharing with your friends!

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