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Rapidshare downloads impossibly slow

  • 27-07-2010 4:52pm
    #1
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭


    I have tried downloading some mixes from Rapidshare.com recently and the speeds are the lowest I have ever seen.....around 2kb/sec max. Other sites are fine and it is definitely not my broadband connection. I even signed up to be a premium member but this has not helped at all.

    Can anyone please let me know what's going on?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    francois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,521 ✭✭✭francois


    is you isp throttling bandwidth to rapidshare?


  • #3
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    francois wrote: »
    is you isp throttling bandwidth to rapidshare?

    Never thought of that. I'm with Clearwire and only recently am having these issues with Rapidshare. I will call them and ask.


  • #4
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    What might help is changing your dns to someone like: http://www.opendns.com/ It wouldn't do any harm anyway ;)


  • #5
    tdv123
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭tdv123


    gebbel wrote: »
    Never thought of that. I'm with Clearwire and only recently am having these issues with Rapidshare. I will call them and ask.

    There's your problem.


  • #6
    Jay D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭Jay D


    Have to say I have never or at least can't remember ever having problems with RS.


    Hate their new 5gig daily limit though.

    I used to love saving that up and downloading a good 25 gigs overnight :)


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  • #7
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    tdv123 wrote: »
    There's your problem.

    Clearwire are not that bad actually. I regularly achieve download speeds of 200kb/sec with them, depending on what time of the day it is.


  • #8
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Jay D wrote: »
    I used to love saving that up and downloading a good 25 gigs overnight :)
    Pretty sure Happy hour is still in effect. Just remember that it goes by CET time zone.


  • #9
    tdv123
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭tdv123


    gebbel wrote: »
    Clearwire are not that bad actually. I regularly achieve download speeds of 200kb/sec with them, depending on what time of the day it is.

    Really? I was with them for about 6 months & was lucky to get about 60-80 kb/s with them on average & they were a pain in the arse for throttling bandwidth on certain sites & programs. Upload speeds were just awful. Got rid of them about a year ago maybe they've improved since then.


  • #10
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    tdv123 wrote: »
    Upload speeds were just awful. Got rid of them about a year ago maybe they've improved since then.
    Apples and oranges, if you don't say where you're located, tbh.


  • #11
    stomprockin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭stomprockin


    Jay D wrote: »
    Have to say I have never or at least can't remember ever having problems with RS.


    Hate their new 5gig daily limit though.

    I used to love saving that up and downloading a good 25 gigs overnight :)

    True, that's why i have 3 RS Accounts :D


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