I've HEARD that early on, they were blocking by country. I haven't been able to find any evidence of that, nor has anyone complained that they can't download any of the Hotfiles links I've posted... ANYWHERE.
IF they were blocking by country, they don't appear to be doing it now. Some forums take FOR FREAKING EVER to change their policies when needed.
I asked the same question at PornBB, and never got an answer. They finally lifted their Hotfiles ban.
Here's their current ban list:
filesmonster-dot-com
uploading-dot-com
uploadbox-dot-com
letitbit-dot-com
linkbucks-dot-com and all affilates
usercash-dot-com
SPAMMER!!-dot-org << this one is s h a r e c a s h, one of our very few banned words.
sharembit-dot-com
I'm glad to see 'em ban filesmonster and uploadbox... both of those SUCK. I wish they'd do the same for some of the other crappy hosts like netload.in that the spammers flock to. SOMEONE needs to tell the folks at PornBB that Usercash disappeared in August... they're STILL a bit slow dealing with reality over there.
Ahhh, I just found RB's forbidden list. I'll post my short notes next to some of 'em.
B i t r o a d never found a working download
E x c l u s i v e f a i l e.com TERRIBLE! One of the slowest servers on the net!
F i l e m o n s t e r
F i l e s m o n s t e r links are always dead by the time I get to them
F r e a k s h a r e Want lots of pop-ups? this one is rife with 'em
G e t t h e b i t.com
g i g a p e t a.com Never gotten a download that WORKED from there
h o t f i l e.com
l e t i t b i t.net Slow, but it's faster than Rapidshit some days
O r o n.com again, never gotten a download from there that actually worked
S m s 4 F i l e pay-only service or SMS if you're in Europe.. you're gonna give THESE idiots your SMS number???
S m s f i l e s.ru same here
T u r b o b i t another fine upstanding host that's apparently served from a PC... amazingly slow and bad
u p - f i l e.com crappy, popups and slow. Who needs it?
U p l o a d i n g.com dunno why the block this one, it works for me though it's frequently slow
v i p - f i l e.com give it up... DL speed of 1Kbit, you'll never get a full file
s h a r e c a s h.org this one is so bad it's one of our FORBIDDEN WORDS
s h a r i n g m a t r i x.com utter crap, I've never gotten a download to work from them
z i d d u another crap host popular with spammers, I never got a file that finished