Dropbox gives you 2GB on a newly-made account and also does direct links and has a client for your computer.I love Dropbox.
I'm pretty sure even with a free account you have infinite storage space with mediafire. Just each individual file is limited to 200 MB.I still prefer dropbox when uploading and downloading. Instead of having to open a browser, log in, upload stuff through some flash thing, kick ads in the nuts, and make sure my files aren't over 200 MB...I can just double click the dropbox icon and drag a file into the public folder. No size restrictions per file, I just have to stay within my 2.75GB storage. Which isn't a very hard task.
Sugarsync has 5 gigs FREEand same as dropbox but better
Why doesn't anyone else pay attention to these great alternatives?