[QUOTE=DaveTN;1929381]The reason we are downloading from the same fileshare site is because its free. You can do either of three things.
1. put up with the free "hotfile" like most of us do.
2. Sign up for a premium paid membership to hotfile and get faster and unlimited downloads.
3. Hit NRG's "Donate" button and send him a $10,000.00 donation to get him started with a file serer and a years worth of high speed hosting. (We will ALL thank you for that).
Also, you have to look at it from PPCgeeks perspective. With over 30,000 members and hundreds of chefs with multiple ROMS, that translates into an awful lot of server space and bandwidth for PPCGeeks to dish out. And, since its free and their budget is limited, its doubtful that they will host anything larger than a few cabs. (which is also whi I don't like to re-post cabs that are already on the site)
Agreed, hotfile is a PITA but its free and you get what you pay for...
As far as sharing the roms on torrents etc, I would strongly discourage that becasue files tend to pick up extra baggage when they float around on torrents so I tend to avoid them like the plague...most of the time.
Also, keeping the downloads in one place is very important for the chefs as it lets them update all the files at once withut having to track down mirrors and such. It just makes things easier. And since he's working on (probably limited) donations, free is good, but I wouldn't push it too much.
He is also able to track downloads easier so he knows what is most popular, etc. I hate Hotfile but love NRG's roms and besides, if I had $10,000, I wouldn't be here posting...I'd be lost in Mexico for awhile.