Aren't torrents generally faster, I know I can download a cd in like 5 minutes at max speed so :p
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Aren't torrents generally faster, I know I can download a cd in like 5 minutes at max speed so :p
it depends on your connection and the tracker you're using.
If you are using "Premium Account" you also have fast Speeds!
Yeah but the only reason I haven't shelled out for a premium account is simply because I don't wanna futz with paypal. I'd rather torrent that deal with them.
Depending on how good routing to your country is, you may have to use MSD to hit those.Quote:
Originally Posted by system28
Wow that's a huge change for RS! I guess they think they can make more money out of that business plan than what they do now.
Frankly I do not see the point behind such changes. I hardly use web hosts, to me they are too much trouble to go through.
I guess that only time will tell what will happen, but one thing is for sure: someone will take RS's place and RS will never get back to be what it used to be.
rapidshare has already lost a lot of popularity with their limits, seems like the balance has shifted more towards hotfile/fileserve & co.
the first trick is increasing the minimum package as afaikQuote:
An adjustment has also been made to our price structure. Following the introduction of RapidPro in July, we took three months to observe and evaluate the response of our users. The result: the prepaid model with the purchase of Rapids was overwhelmingly well received. However, many customers have expressed the wish that, when they purchase RapidPro, they should have a larger amount of disc space and traffic available to them than is the case at the moment. We are now making this wish come true: From this point on, every RapidPro user will receive five times the amount of disc space and traffic, i.e. 50 GB of storage and 150 GB of traffic every 30 days.
The costs are of course changing accordingly: 30 days of RapidPro now cost 495 Rapids. The smallest Rapid Package has 500 Rapids and costs 5.99 Euros. In addition, packages with 1,000, 2,000, 6,000 and 20,000 Rapids are available. Whoever activates RapidPro directly for 12 months receives the 12 months at the special price of 5,499 Rapids and is given VIP status. VIP customers will be favoured in future beta tests and receive invitation codes for RapidContact. As before, users can purchase additional traffic quotas on top of this, in 100 GB slices. 100 GB are charged per 280 Rapids.
previous minimum was 4,99€ for 400 rapids (~140GB per month max)
now: 5,99€ for 500 rapids (150GB per month max)
another trick may be here if thats the minimum amount, as previous was 5 GB (14 rapids):
also, the waiting becomes waiting while playing revenue-making gamesQuote:
users can purchase additional traffic quotas on top of this, in 100 GB slices. 100 GB are charged per 280 Rapids.
why don't you use mediafire and use all that crap like RS? :P
+who the hell buys premium accounts on internet? you must be crazy ^_^
and yes fileshare services only needed to get small rare files, rest can be found in torrents
I sympathize with that view, but if everyone dropped Rapidshare right now and began using Mediafire, MF would eventually have to impose limitations, either out of greed or simply because of the extremely high load. :gdabs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Owyn
Rapidshare's biggest mistake was getting rid of incentives for uploaders. Nobody appears to be uploading new material to rapidshare and eventually all the old material will disappear as accounts expire. Without new material to download, there's really no reason to have an account there. They also keep changing their pricing model constantly. Last month a basic pro account cost 99 rapids. Next month that will cost 495. The download limit is higher, but without any new content it's not of much use, and certainly not worth the extra cost. I know they were under pressure from various anti-p2p organizations, but it's still hard to believe that they'd shoot themselves in the foot the way they have. I'll keep using my account until my rapids expire, but once they're gone I have no intention of renewing unless they make some drastic positive changes.
I hate all this new changes, liked it better with the old style.
care to elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucian
i think he means when rapidshare was not crap... did'nt have things like ait 2 minutes lot of users are downloading files n all and they've stopped giving points for downloads n allQuote:
Originally Posted by Instab
This article on FSF and it's comments covers The Fall of Rapidshare story:
RapidShare Links Vanish on Blogs, Warez Forums | THE source for BitTorrent & P2P Tips, Tricks and Info. | FileShareFreak
Ye rapidshareare now shit as hell, the only plus i can see is good for small files max 300 mb.