Mega, Kim Dotcom’s big, flashy new copyright-dismantling file-sharing/storage site with encryption up the wazoo has finally launched. You can head on over and sign up right now. That is, so long as the site can hold under the crazy traffic. So far, it looks like it’s getting crushed under traffic. Different people are experiencing different things.
As of this minute one year ago #Megaupload was destroyed by the US Government. Welcome to http://t.co/VX5VGnmq
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) January 19, 2013
Wow. I have never seen anything like this. From 0 to 10 Gigabit bandwidth utilization within 10 minutes.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) January 19, 2013
We give you an inside look at the service yesterday, but now you can get in there and start poking around yourself. Is this the new future of cloud storage? Or maybe the new future of private, encrypted piracy clubs? We’re now officially on our way to finding out. What’s your money on?