Rapidshare Reduces Premium User Download Limit

Posted by Martin in Online Services, The Web  Tags: , , , ,

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Jul



The file hoster Rapidshare seems to have seen a huge increase in premium users, those users that pay for the service to receive a faster transfer rate and other comfort functions, since they introduced the new system that saw a removal of the captchas but a introduction of a speed limit for guest users.

Premium users who never had to endure the Rapidshare captchas received a ten Gigabyte per day download limit after the changes which was now reduced to four Gigabytes per day during a so called transition period where Rapidshare will increase their server capacities to meet the increased demand.

This in turn could mean that they will raise the limit to ten Gigabytes once the transition period is over. Most premium users will probably not realize the change but it will definitely affect Rapidshare power users who download many Gigabytes per day from the file hoster.

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Rick says:

Here we go again!
I blame retarded people. It’s all because of the cats

Brad456 says:

I have used the service a few times.
buying a month twice. but decided not to use them anymore. then they announce that they will be changing their download limit, from a maximum 25 gigs in 5 days, to 10 gigs a day. but it seems that it turns out to be 8.3 gigs a day. some BS over gigabyte definitions.
so instead of downloading 25 gigs at one time and taking a break during their imposed 5 day period. I can only download 8.3 gig everyday and then my downloader stops. so I have to start it up every day.

then 5 days into my 1 month subscription, they impose a 4 gig limit, which translates into something like 3.4 gigs a day. I only signed up because they promised 10 gigs a day, now that I am getting 4.3 gigs a day.
I feel that they have committed fraud, they promised 10gigs and give you 4.3 gig.
I am getting less gigs than before thier supposed bandwidth increase.
As for this BS transitional period, I doubt that they will give me back the gigs lost before or after my monthly subscription expires.

Rapidshare is dead to me now.
Heres the first nail in your coffin Rapidshare.

foo says:

They should have been ready for this.. :P

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Saad Arrabi says:

i am a rapidshare user, i think it is around 9.5 gigs per day now, not sure though, but here’s the catch, my broadband provider company limits me to 2 gig per day then it become dial up slow.

not fun, not fun at all.

Mystakilla says:

I have noticed lately their servers are extremely busy, they cannot handle the flow of connections…I have been a premium user for years and loved their service however i have been getting download speeds as fast as dial up is lately!! I will not be extending my preimum service.

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