Sad news for all OBOOM USERS. For 2 years we used this thread under the old title,"Is OBOOM working now," as a tool to keep those members that use OBOOM informed as to its status. Those days are over with its eminent shutdown. Therefore, I will no longer continue to update this thread.Thanks to all who contributed, and most of all thanks to the people at Oboom support who always were willing to answer any of my questions.

 

Last edited: Dec 17, 2020

Had a few problems with it yesterday, haven't tried it today.

 

It's working here.

 

Same here I can't add anything I can download from my files but uploads say NAN B/s...

Its been like this for a few days now

 

It's not working for me either (Greece).

 

Working as in able to login and just download or as in able to login, upload and download? Im having the same problem as @chopchop

 

Last edited: Dec 24, 2018

Same for me as @chopchop

 

Same here. No chance for RG or Upl links upload.

 

It's been like this for the last 3 or 4 days for me. I've seen this in the past where it takes a few days before it's back to normal. Fingers crossed as this is my go-to method for downloading from the sister site.

 

Yes it has happened for me a few times usually works again within a day or so.

 

Any alternatives to Oboom?

 

hopefully they fix it :/

 

I am able to login and download files I already have added, but new links not working here either.

 

A week ago top I just downloaded most of Hephaestus libs from AZ using the oboom transfer uploaded links "trick". Worked like a charm.
I just checked and it won't upload anything, local or remote.

 

https://uptobox.com/ has remote link upload, but isn't as restriction free as Oboom (gotta wait 30 sec to download, but speed is good)

This works as well https://my.pcloud.com

 

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While that is undesirable for sure, is it really that bad to let your CPU usage go up a bit when you are downloading paid software for free?
I would just add the link, start the download, then close the page, but if that's too terrible, you can always block it.
https://fossbytes.com/block-cryptocurrency-mining-in-browser/

Not all mining is bad, especially if a website is upfront about it. In fact, you may want to support a website with mining instead of viewing ads — it's a pretty fair trade-off.

I would much rather let a TV station use some of my TV's unused CPU power to watch a show with no commercials.

If you are worried about a lasting "hack" you can run the browser test here "https://cryptojackingtest.com/"

 

Last edited: Dec 24, 2018

Yeap upload is broken for me as well.

 

Let me pu it this way: The ONLY good thing about it is that they are letting us know about it.

 

Ya, Oboom is still the best, but for a temporary fix, uptobox or pcloud should work for people