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what the hell is wrong with rapidshare
- Thread starter Mr. Beefy
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Sousanator
Shockingly Delicious
It's 80GB a month, which works out to 2.66GB a day.
I can download more than 2.66GB a day no problem, and I only have the regular package.
I can download more than 2.66GB a day no problem, and I only have the regular package.
Mr. Beefy
Suck It Trebek
I was downloading a 5 part ISO yesterday, had it on most of the day, and my downloads just died with a couple hours left and it gave me some bullshit error about 2.66GB a day.
twelve
I'm not dead
The reason people still use Rapidshare is because the majority of uploaders still use rapidshare. And it's a hell of a lot faster than any other http service I've used.
it isn't for me.
seeing as i refuse to pay money to download anything i get capped at 50kbps, where as i get over 100 with no megaupload account, and more than that with the free one.
and that was my point, i don't understand why the uploaders still use it.
honestly though, i'm rather unconcerned as i prefer torrenting to begin with.
Rapidshare gets a steady 150kbp/s for me most of the time, and when you get a program like RapGet and a premium account you can download up to 6 (6 is the number I use) files at the same time, makes things go by MUCH faster than torrents or other sites. My premium expired over at Rapidshare and I'm already feeling the pain!
People also use rapidshare because of the point/reward system for uploading (although Megaupload also has that in a way). I believe Megaupload is faster but the majority of uploaders use Rapidshare and I see no reason not to - it's reliable, fast and easy to use
Moose
Meta Moose
Yeah, I've pretty much ditched using warez completely now... once you don't have a premium account to any of the largely used uploading sites then there is no point.
twelve
I'm not dead
Is that at home or college because at college I'd expect you to get much faster.
At work I get a solid 3mbp/s from Rapidshare premium, when I tried MegaUpload premium the most I would get is 1mbp/s and the same with MegaShares, megashares was good tho because the file size limit was 5GB.
my point exactly,
almost anything that you can find on rapidshare can be found in a torrent, the only thing that really can't is the illicit porn that is traded on rapidshare. but you shouldn't be downloading that anyway.
isn't the whole point of downloading files to avoid paying for them. i'd rather buy a cd then pay rapidshare to download it. i don't care if its cheaper, its a matter of principle.
its called piracy for a reason.
edit: regarding the faster than torrenting issue, how fast do you really need the files?
twelve
I'm not dead
So you'd rather pay Full price for one CD (approx 150MB once ripped) than half of that price for 80GBs of music or whatever else you want to download.
And who said piracy is free? A pirates life is free != Piracy is free.
I remember before the internet took off that piracy involved BUYING copied films and music. There was no small monthly fee, it was an individual price for every item you wanted.
That's a pretty stupid question. The answer is as fast as possible, obviously. If speed wasn't an issue then we'd all still be on dial up.
Craig Fairfax
illuminati Vereran
Lova ya man, but that was stupid. Pirates have no business questioning principles.
Twelve - haven't looked at college to see what it is, will have to next time I do. Although I don't use it for large files at college, generally just TV shows or movies (of which are done in 10min) because of my bandwidth cap at school.
@Noriko - torrents aren't always fast, movies could take a day or two if there is no one seeding them - with rapidshare you can get them on-demand and in 10min if you have a good connection. When it comes to games it's much faster as well, I hate waiting for torrents. For example - I was trying to get all seasons of JAG (might buy it if I can find it) but the torrent was at 1.7% after 2-3 days and I only had a week to download it - therefore if I still had my rapidshare premium I could've had it by now
@Noriko - torrents aren't always fast, movies could take a day or two if there is no one seeding them - with rapidshare you can get them on-demand and in 10min if you have a good connection. When it comes to games it's much faster as well, I hate waiting for torrents. For example - I was trying to get all seasons of JAG (might buy it if I can find it) but the torrent was at 1.7% after 2-3 days and I only had a week to download it - therefore if I still had my rapidshare premium I could've had it by now
That show is terrible Frozen, I think your torrent client was trying to send you a message.
Mr. Beefy
Suck It Trebek
I pay for RS premium to soothe my aching conscious.
no wait i don't, i just like making it easy for myself to steal shit
no wait i don't, i just like making it easy for myself to steal shit
god damnit, I wish I woulda known the policy change before I purchased an account. I could be playing RE5 instead of waiting for my quota to build up.twelve said:
No offense dude, but you're acting like a child about this. You're complaining that it's taking too long for you to pirate a game. Just suck it up or go out and buy it tomorrow.
Mr. Beefy
Suck It Trebek
I was being sarcastic, I'm not actually pissed that I'll have to wait a day or two, it's not a big deal man.