Seems like Fileplanet is changing the way it does business a little bit. I personally pay for an account at Fileplanet and I believe it is around 3$ per month. Now they are pushing for more free/no signup downloads so a subscription might not be as important. Bandwith seems to be coming down in price on the internet and they seem to be passing on the savings to people, which is odd.
I do like the fact that they have gotten me into a couple cool betas for being a subscriber. At $20 a year, this deal is pretty nice. I plan to extend my subscription with this deal, but I think it is only good for a couple more days.
“To kick-off the new look and feel of FilePlanet, we’re slashing the annual subscription price 50%, which will be available this week only for $19.95. As part of the overall redesign, we’re is also removing the need to register on the site for free downloads, which means faster access for non-subscribers as well. ”