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UPC throttling Rapidshare

  • 12-03-2012 12:50am
    #1
    jpfahy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭


    Is UPC restricting Rapidshare download speeds? Mine seem to be really slooooooowwww, everything else fine (50Mb)
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  • #2
    Stevek101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭Stevek101


    No, Rapidshare are limiting free users download speed to combat piracy. You get full speed with a premium account.


  • #3
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    On premium, various links relate to different servers. Some can tend to be quite slow while others aren't.


  • #4
    doncarlos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,838 ✭✭✭doncarlos


    I think i'm blocked now altogether on Rapidshare. Can't access on laptop but I can access it on 3g on phone. As soon as I connect phone to wifi I can't access again


  • #5
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I'd say that rapidshare is probably being hockied because megaupload was taken down.

    If megaupload was the number 1 file storage and download site and all it's users start looking elsewhere... then it's probably gonna have a noticable impact on other file storage sites.


  • #6
    doncarlos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,838 ✭✭✭doncarlos


    It came back up after a few hours. Very strange.


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  • #7
    doncarlos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,838 ✭✭✭doncarlos


    doncarlos wrote: »
    It came back up after a few hours. Very strange.


    FFS, same thing happening again. It happened this time after I had downloaded about 15GB in a couple of hours. Can't get on to rapidshare at all now with UPC on any computer on my network or smart phone.

    The UPC account is under my housemates (landlords) name so can't even ring to check up as I don't have account number.


  • #8
    gnfnrhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,478 ✭✭✭✭gnfnrhead


    Glad to see it hasent just been me. Seemed to happen very soon after Megaupload went down so I assumed it would be sorted shortly after. Still getting crap speeds. I used to get nearly 2MB/s, right now it's ~70kb/s. Thats a BIG drop off in speed. Every other host is still fine.

    Shooting themselves in the foot big time if they are limiting speeds that much. The market was there for the taking and they've gone the wrong way with getting people to try it.


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