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rapidshare problem
« on: March 22, 2009, 07:52:50 AM »
I have a problem to download files from rapidshare since last week.

I dont have a premium account so i do it as a free member.

when i start to save the file into my PC the download speed slowly gets to 1kb or less than that and freezes there, the download doesnt cancel itself but i dont download anything and i dont know whats happening.   

Can anyone help or have any idea what can be the problem?
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 08:35:12 AM »
Sounds like the normal experience of free Rapidshare users. It makes free users wait for a time before the download will commence then it downloads very slowly and then stops ... waits a while and it downloads very slowly again .... then it stops .... you get the picture.

This has been the experience in Rapidshare for a long time ... it is also what they tell you very clearly up front ... you get a terribly slow experience unless you pay.  Simple answer to this one is (and it has nothing at all to do with avast) that Rapidshare is a really really bad choice unless you want to pay for its service. 
« Last Edit: March 22, 2009, 08:36:45 AM by alanrf »
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2009, 02:09:40 PM »
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This has been the experience in Rapidshare for a long time
The same can be said for:
easy-share.com
depositfiles.com
uploading.com
megaupload.com
and a host of other services in this category.
Since a lot of the files from these services contain an unwanted payload,
they are also good places to avoid.  :)
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2009, 04:51:29 PM »
You could try 4shared.com - free file sharing and storage - http://www.4shared.com/

That too has a bit of a pregnant pause to start on free accounts, but I didn't see any changes in download speed/continuity, but on dial-up it would be hard to tell as everything is slow ;D
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2009, 05:06:35 PM »
David,
Your fastest download speed is our worst nightmare.  ;D
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2009, 05:19:32 PM »
Yes, life in the slow lane isn't so bad, some days my connection speed absolutely blazes along at 52.0 Kbps. That's supposedly a smidgen over 6 KB per sec or a theoretical download of 160 seconds per MB downloaded. Theory doesn't work like that though, my usual is 200 seconds (3 1//3 minutes) per MB download ;D
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2009, 06:45:13 AM »
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That seems about normal for a 52K connection. That is what I have 99% of the time.


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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 07:14:35 AM »
David,

I think you have hit on the one circumstance where your connection could look like new age broadband compared with free Rapidshare.

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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 04:47:46 PM »
Perhaps they need to change the name to snailshare.com ;D
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2009, 09:46:34 PM »
Quote from: DavidR on March 23, 2009, 04:47:46 PM
Perhaps they need to change the name to snailshare.com ;D
Only if you use the free version.  :'(
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2009, 09:54:27 PM »
Like David, I'll stay with http://www.4shared.com/
Slowness and malware come with the others...
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2009, 10:17:31 PM »
Quote from: Tech on March 23, 2009, 09:54:27 PM
Like David, I'll stay with http://www.4shared.com/
Slowness and malware come with the others...
The malware comes with the file you download  not necessarily the service you're using.
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 10:25:22 PM »
Quote from: bob3160 on March 23, 2009, 10:17:31 PM
The malware comes with the file you download  not necessarily the service you're using.
You're fully right. I make a generalization.
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2009, 03:26:20 AM »
 
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Yes, life in the slow lane isn't so bad, some days my connection speed absolutely blazes along at 52.0 Kbps. That's supposedly a smidgen over 6 KB per sec or a theoretical download of 160 seconds per MB downloaded. Theory doesn't work like that though, my usual is 200 seconds (3 1//3 minutes) per MB download

 hi David R.
               If you dont mind,why are you still loyal to your slow dial up connection?I m only curious ;D
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Re: rapidshare problem
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2009, 03:28:34 AM »
It has nothing to do with loyalty, but distance from the telephone exchange.
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