Fileserve Premium - really slow?

Dirtyduffer · 22-01-2011 03:11PM #1

Anyone else getting woefully slow download speeds on FS premium? I'm getting around 70-110 kb/s the last couple of days.

RolandIRL · 22-01-2011 09:20PM

i've been using FS free, and been getting normal speeds of 300-400 kbps off them.

Pulse8 · 23-01-2011 10:35PM

Im noticing the exact same the last few days, am with UPC here in Waterford.....2hrs for a movie that previously wouldve been 20 mins

GEasy · 07-02-2011 06:08PM

slow for me too.

UglyBolloxFace · 24-09-2011 07:53PM

Does anyone have a fix for this?

I have a premium Fileshare account. I downloaded a file which consisted of 6 parts - parts 1 to 5 downloaded very quickly (as would be expected with Premium account) but part 6 is stuck on 24 kB/s! (I've a 100mb/s connection!).

Anyone know what's happening here?

Cheers.

yoyo · 24-09-2011 08:29PM

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Does anyone have a fix for this?

I have a premium Fileshare account. I downloaded a file which consisted of 6 parts - parts 1 to 5 downloaded very quickly (as would be expected with Premium account) but part 6 is stuck on 24 kB/s! (I've a 100mb/s connection!).

Anyone know what's happening here?

Cheers.

Sometimes certain Fileserve servers act the bollix, and you get such sympthoms, just wait ot out or look if another file host has the same file mirrored

Rapidshare free has decent download speeds

Nick

UglyBolloxFace · 24-09-2011 11:49PM

yoyo wrote: »

Sometimes certain Fileserve servers act the bollix, and you get such sympthoms, just wait ot out or look if another file host has the same file mirrored Rapidshare free has decent download speeds

Nick

Cheers.

I was just thinking though - I have a 100mb/s connection (and speedtest confirms this) so shouldn't the downloads be downloading at that rate??

Cuddlesworth · 25-09-2011 12:43AM

UPC are and have been throttling the **** out of most of the file providers based in Asia. Fileserve being one of them.

UglyBolloxFace · 25-09-2011 12:56AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

UPC are and have been throttling the **** out of most of the file providers based in Asia. Fileserve being one of them.

Ah the bastards!

Anyway around this?

TheBazman · 25-09-2011 11:11AM

Also noticed that my Fileserve premium wont work on JDownloader - says its an invalid account despite the fact it is valid

yoyo · 25-09-2011 12:59PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

UPC are and have been throttling the **** out of most of the file providers based in Asia. Fileserve being one of them.

Is there evidence to support this? I have a Rapidshare premium and speeds are lightening fast. I do think its just the "quality" of these cheaper filehosts is the issue. Fwiw on Eircom connections etc. I never get full speed from Fileserve! I have noticed Fileserve getting much slower lately though, on 50meg and was only getting around 20~meg download speeds, I think its a fileserve issue.
Filesonic also seems to be quicker than FS

TheBazman wrote: »

Also noticed that my Fileserve premium wont work on JDownloader - says its an invalid account despite the fact it is valid

Sometimes FS are working on their API and this can happen, try updating JD, see what happens!

Nick

Voodu Child · 25-09-2011 05:19PM

I find Fileserve fast for recently uploaded files but older files it can be woefully slow. I guess that is something to do with their setup or traffic management.

Cuddlesworth · 25-09-2011 05:47PM

yoyo wrote: »

Is there evidence to support this? I have a Rapidshare premium and speeds are lightening fast. I do think its just the "quality" of these cheaper filehosts is the issue. Fwiw on Eircom connections etc. I never get full speed from Fileserve! I have noticed Fileserve getting much slower lately though, on 50meg and was only getting around 20~meg download speeds, I think its a fileserve issue.
Filesonic also seems to be quicker than FS

Yep, I have access to a 8mb Vodaphone Home DSL line, a 24mb un-contended business eircom DSL line, a 100mb UPC line and 60mb of a leased fibre line. UPC are throttling the **** out of downloads. I can get 10mb at my home UPC line, 30mb if I push a huge amount of downloads. I can pull full or close to full on all other lines without having well over 40 active connections open.

desaparecidos · 01-10-2011 12:40PM

I find that I could have 6 parts going at ~80-90KB/s.

If I pause 5 of them, the 1 remaining will still hover around 80-90KB/s

DrGreenthumb · 01-10-2011 03:17PM

TheBazman wrote: »

Also noticed that my Fileserve premium wont work on JDownloader - says its an invalid account despite the fact it is valid

try refreshing the account in jdownloader, i had that issue before, if that does not work just re enter the details and you should be good to go

TheBazman · 01-10-2011 06:45PM

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

try refreshing the account in jdownloader, i had that issue before, if that does not work just re enter the details and you should be good to go

Cheers but no success. I think I'll just uninstall and reinstall

lar77 · 03-10-2011 02:14PM

Fileserve are complete crap, I'll never give them money again. I get between 20kb/s - 110kb/s from them and 2MB's from others. They don't care when you contact them either!

Fighting Irish · 03-10-2011 02:43PM

I use to have RS premium and maxed out my UPC 30mb connection nearly every time
I have filesonic now and usually get between 300kb/s-1.5mb/s
I also have fileserve and i constantly get between 30kb/s-150kb/s

auzworld · 05-10-2011 07:42PM

here in dublin my fileserve is dog slow .... been like that for 2 weeks now ... 20kbs WTF :eek:

dilallio · 05-10-2011 07:55PM

I've noticed the same using jDownloader.
Increasing the Max Con. to 8 and Max Dls. to > 4 helps slightly for me using UPC 25Mbs broadband.

PogMoThoin · 05-10-2011 08:08PM

You lot need to check out Usenet

PAU · 06-10-2011 05:46PM

Rapidshare has been superfast for me but the last 2 weeks Fileserve has been a complete joke.Might give Filesonic a go or go back to Rapidshare, although I'd love to try Usenet but not sure how really.

PogMoThoin · 06-10-2011 06:06PM

PAU wrote: »

although I'd love to try Usenet but not sure how really.

I'm not posting the link just in case, check my blog

yoyo · 06-10-2011 06:10PM

Usenet is more expensive than filehosts last I looked, plus any decent newsbin site needs money!

Nick

lar77 · 06-10-2011 06:30PM

Isn't usenet (or news groups in general) about $11 a month? Works out much more expensive than the other options ...... saying that it may be the only / best option soon.

lar77 · 06-10-2011 06:35PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I'm not posting the link just in case, check my blog

where would I read such a blog?

PAU · 06-10-2011 06:36PM

lar77 wrote: »

Isn't usenet (or news groups in general) about $11 a month? Works out much more expensive than the other options ...... saying that it may be the only / best option soon.

Rapidshare is a tenner a month.

PogMoThoin · 06-10-2011 07:16PM

yoyo wrote: »

Usenet is more expensive than filehosts last I looked, plus any decent newsbin site needs money!

Nick

It's lots cheaper than you think, it's cost me $100 per year for unlimited, there's always a good deal somewhere if you shop around:
http://www.newshosting.com/partners/?a_aid=techpatio&a_bid=01636e94

As for the indexing sites:
NZBMatrix.com is $10 for lifetime
Newzbin.com 10p per week

The main reason to change is the quality of choice of the indexing sites, everything is commented and great quality

Rabidlamb · 07-10-2011 12:35PM

Fileserve free gives me 400 kB/s
Wupload free gives me 500 kB/s
Megaupload free gives me full whack

Once you know about resetting your router & don't mind captchas why would you need to pay for any of them.

yoyo · 07-10-2011 12:45PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Fileserve free gives me 400 kB/s
Wupload free gives me 500 kB/s
Megaupload free gives me full whack

Once you know about resetting your router & don't mind captchas why would you need to pay for any of them.

Not any use for us cable users, Dynamic but 'sticky' IPs :P A router reboot won't change the IP, I've gone for years with the same one :P

Nick

Voodu Child · 07-10-2011 01:16PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Fileserve free gives me 400 kB/s
Wupload free gives me 500 kB/s
Megaupload free gives me full whack

Once you know about resetting your router & don't mind captchas why would you need to pay for any of them.

Fine if you are a very light downloader or have a slow connection as above.

Premium accounts are aimed at heavier downloaders who need higher speed, download things comprised of dozens/hundreds of links, download while they are not at the computer, can't reset their IP hundreds of times a day because it interferes with other activities etc. If you can queue up 50 gigs and leave it during the day or overnight then that is worth the price of premium compared to sitting there for a few weeks typing captchas and resetting your router.

Although I will say that MU is great as a free user.

Fileserve Premium - really slow?

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