It's a scam to try to make you pay money for what they preceive to be as
better service.


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Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
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"Martin" <nagasml@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1136169659.919413.220560@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi, I've been loading files from Rapidshare - photos and graphics from
> friends and also some posted music files (I know that ain't totally
> legal, but so what...) for half a year. I have a free account with
> them, which, among other things, puts a limit on the amount of files
> you can load in an hour or a day and disables the use of accelerators.
> None of this has mattered much to me before, but lately, when I try to
> download larger files (music archives) posted at Rapidshare, the
> download breaks off instantly and my download client states that "the
> file wasn't found on the server". As this happens about every time, I
> don't think that's the true explanation.
> I was thinking, could it be that the files I'm requesting *have* to get
> the help from a download accelerator to start loading properly? I don't
> have an accelerator so I can't try this solution, and it seemed to me
> that if they're loaded at Rapidshare which is a very big and efficient
> web host, download speed shouldn't be a problem (I have 500 kbps
> myself). It never has been an issue before in that direction, and DC++
> shows no problems. Or are Rapidshare silently trying to shake off their
> free users, to incite more of them to open Premium accounts?
>
> Martin, Denmark
>