This maintains the "free and fast" spirit of the original site while offloading the massive server costs that ultimately made the platform unsustainable. Why Zippyshare Closed
Instead of relying solely on expensive centralized servers (which saw costs jump 2.5x before the site shut down), Zippyshare could implement a hybrid Peer-to-Peer (P2P) system. Zippyshare.com - Re-up.zip
Increasing energy prices and the cost of maintaining a massive server farm in France became too much for the ad-supported model. This maintains the "free and fast" spirit of
When a popular file is "re-upped," the site uses a BitTorrent-style protocol where users who have already downloaded the file help seed it to others directly from their browsers. Zippyshare.com - Re-up.zip
Here is a proposed feature for a "Zippyshare Re-up" concept: