Rapidshare

[fannwenner]

For you experienced rapidshare users:
If I have a premium account on rapidshare.com, do I have to buy a separate premium account for rapidshare.de? Free downloads take ages - one part every 3 hours...

[japanesebaby]

Free downloads take ages - one part every 3 hours...

one of the reasons why i'm always amazed why so many people even use rapidshare  :roll: - it's just pretty damn annoying imo (i mean rapidshare, not those people using it).

if one wants to/needs to use some free upload/download services, there really are a lot less annoying choices than rapidshare which at least i find one of the most annoying of them all (i mean i find rapidshare annoying, not the fact that there are less annoying alternatives).

[scatcat]

For you experienced rapidshare users:
If I have a premium account on rapidshare.com, do I have to buy a separate premium account for rapidshare.de? Free downloads take ages - one part every 3 hours...

i have 'purchased premium' rapidshare accounts at times.. only to ensure that i don't get mega-rip-offs and ensure limited adds, etc..

@fannwenner .. i have been extremely frusted with the downloads, I have top-speed broadband, but still find rapidshare.... not so rapid!  :roll:

[Brother Tims]

Free downloads take ages - one part every 3 hours...

Just disconnect your internet once you have downloaded a part, then re-connect and you can instantly start downloading the next part.

It works for me, at least.

[Steve]

Free downloads take ages - one part every 3 hours...

Just disconnect your internet once you have downloaded a part, then re-connect and you can instantly start downloading the next part.

It works for me, at least.

Only works if you have a dynamic IP address.
If you completely disconnect (cable aswell) & then reconnect, your ISP assigns another IP address from there alloted group.
That usually fools rapidshare.
But a premium account for a month doesn't cost a lot really & then you don't have to wait around forever.
What are the better alternatives in terms of hosting services?

[japanesebaby]

But a premium account for a month doesn't cost a lot really & then you don't have to wait around forever.

imo $10 per month IS a rip-off deal. hosting services only make sense to me if they are free. i mean, if one needs to pay for some web-based storage space then why spend that money on a hosting service? 
i don't like any of these hosting services because they are all annoying as hell and only become bearable if you give up and submit paying their rip-off prices. but imo even megaupload is a lot better than rapidshare - rapidshare is simply the most annoying service i've ever come across (did i already mention that? huh?): rapidshare is often quite slow, it's expensive (by the way no possibility for a lifetime membership, in case one really needed to rely on some hosting service a lot). and even without premium, megaupload doesn't make you wait some crazy-ass time inbetween downloads.

anyway, personally i don't really mind that much since i don't even use these services much at all. so what am i ranting here? :-P i guess sometimes i'm just wondering why people love this rapid(=slow)share so much.

[dsanchez]

Japanesebaby is right. Rapidshare is the worst file-share service ever. I totally discourage it use. There are so many better and less annoying services, for instance:

yousendit.com
gigasize.com
sendspace.com

Any of these is like heaven compared to rapidshare (altought not perfect).

Don't use rapidshare. Don't buy a premium account. Don't waste your time!

Just an advice

[scatcat]

Japanesebaby is right. Rapidshare is the worst file-share service ever. I totally discourage it use. There are so many better and less annoying services, for instance:

yousendit.com
gigasize.com
sendspace.com

Any of these is like heaven compared to rapidshare (altought not perfect).

Don't use rapidshare. Don't buy a premium account. Don't waste your time!

Just an advice

i agree.. i HAVE purchased a premium account awhile ago.. but i don't think I will ever do it again.
The cost is a rip-off, as well as the s-l-o-w service it asks for the extortion price.

:roll:

[nausearockpig]

and here i was about to buy a month's worth of premium. I find Megaupload to be good. Steve, do you mean physically disconnecting the cable modem from the PC or disconnecting the cable modem from the power?

Just disconnect your internet once you have downloaded a part, then re-connect and you can instantly start downloading the next part.
It works for me, at least.

Only works if you have a dynamic IP address.
If you completely disconnect (cable aswell) & then reconnect, your ISP assigns another IP address from there alloted group.
That usually fools rapidshare.
But a premium account for a month doesn't cost a lot really & then you don't have to wait around forever.
What are the better alternatives in terms of hosting services?
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[Steve]

Well apparently
yousendit.com
gigasize.com
sendspace.com

Yousendit, I found to be the slowest hosting site I know.
gigasize, has porn links all down the right hand side.
sendspace, well, I am lucky if it actually opens.

Of course, I am trying to access from Hungary, so that might be the reason why I have problems with them.
But, seriously, yousendit sucks.

But, again, anything I say will be shot down in flames I guess.
:roll:
Just use what ever's easiest for you.

[KingOfSomeIsland]

Rapidshare is pretty horrible. The new captcha they use is pure torture and if you have to wait anywhere between 1 and 100 minutes inbetween files. Its slow too. Forget that.

Megaupload seems like the obvious choice but Ive actually been looking into some good alternatives. And I found something pretty interesting

http://www.filedropper.com - 5GB filesize, no captcha, cheap premium membership allowing 250GB storage. A bit on the slow side though

[japanesebaby]

gigasize, has porn links all down the right hand side.

but nobody's forcing you to click those links - or...?

(btw, i don't see any porn links there, left or right - so maybe it's a hungarian specialty? :eek:)



ps. it's clear there are differencies according to where you're located. and i'm not shooting down anyone's ideas here intentionally, nor is anyone else i assume. people are just describing their experiences, ok? :
all i can say out of my own experience, i have to be REALLY motivated to download something is the links are rapidshare links - i usually pass, even if it's something rather interesting. because there're simply enough all kinds of annoyances in my daily life even without it.
just a personal opinion. like all other opinions in this thread too, i suppose.

[Steve]

but nobody's forcing you to click those links - or...?


ps. it's clear there are differencies according to where you're located. and i'm not shooting down anyone's ideas here intentionally, all i can say is that i can speak for myself/out of my own experience, and to me rapidshare simply is ultimately annoying way anyone can choose with file sharing. i have to be REALLY motivated to download something is the links are rapidshare links - i usually pass, even if it's something interesting. there're simply enough all kinds of annoyances in my daily life even without it.
just a personal opinion. like all other opinions in this thread too, i suppose.

Yeah, you're right.
I think that, depending on where you are (isp etc.) the offers are different (but here I do have links for webcam feeds for suspiciously young ladies who all appear to live in Budapest. )
I daren't click on them tbh

Horses for courses really.

[japanesebaby]

(but here I do have links for webcam feeds for suspiciously young ladies who all appear to live in Budapest. )
I daren't click on them tbh

all i really see there is some boring money exchange adverts - so no webcams.

(but why should you even wonder whether or not you'd dare to click them? i mean, these sites rely on advertising so one really can't choose what they throw at you - that's not to say i defend that sites advertising choices, in any way. but one gets that kind of stuff all the time in the web, on some really innocent situations. when i do some song lyrics searches something pretty similar might often come up on my screen: some "hot new friends" in my local neighborhood (sure). etc. etc. again, i'm not saying it's ok and call me numb then but since it's something that one can't change then maybe the trick is not to care. perhaps there are worse things to worry about(?).) 

[Steve]

Anyone used filefront?
Looks a bit "adware-y" & it keeps timing out on me.
I'm trying other sites to see if there are real benefits & this one was recommended by a friend in Poland.