I just noticed that my downloading from Rapidshare seems to be slow most of the times, despite the fact it is a Premium account, but I got to know that one can choose/select the download servers/mirrors from their settings list. But my problem now is that which one of them is nearer to Nigeria whereby I would be able to download faster. Please anyone who has an experience or who had been using Rapidshare Premium account and had been downloading faster should please tell me which of their download servers/mirrors he/she is using. Thanks in advance.

For example I was trying to download one N-gage 2.0 game with the Premium account and using Mozilla Firefox (with starcomms 3G Connection) the maximum download speed I could observe is 6.0Kb/S which is very slow to me. Any solution or recommendations to this?

The good days of starcomms are over. If u ever want to get value for ur rs premium, use mtn. I'm not talking about any tricks. Here's how i go about mine. I get a new mtn sim, recharge up to N2500 on it, subscribe for their nite plan internet package. Get an rs premium frm rs for abt N1200. Then do all d downloads 4rm 10pm at nite. Be sure to prioritize ur downloads because u got a 3gig limit. To get max results, use a hsdpa modem. My speed doesnt go below 300kb/s on full throttle.

Dual Core:

The good days of starcomms are over. If u ever want to get value for ur rs premium, use mtn. I'm not talking about any tricks. Here's how i go about mine. I get a new mtn sim, recharge up to N2500 on it, subscribe for their nite plan internet package. Get an rs premium frm rs for abt N1200. Then do all d downloads 4rm 10pm at nite. Be sure to prioritize ur downloads because u got a 3gig limit. To get max results, use a hsdpa modem. My speed doesnt go below 300kb/s on full throttle.

WOW 300Kb/s, that's an amazing speed. But do you have an idea of how much the MTN package would cost me monthly? I mean Do I have to be recharging N2500 each day, Please kindly explain further. thanks

No d N2500 is 10PM-5AM 4 30days while d 24hrs costs N10k/month but stil wit d 3gig limit
As per rapidshare downloads wit starcoms its generally low but stable, Wat i do is I usualy time my downloads cos in my area(oshodi) its fast at nites & early mornins (avg speeds of 35-60KB/S)
Jst find out d peak periods in ur area & schedule ur downloads 2 dat tym (jst mk sure u r gettn gud EVDO signals or d mtn wit a gud 3G fone or hsdpa modem)
Cheers

yeah
Get a gud download application like IDM or DAP, I'D recomend IDM
Cheers

" Get an rs premium frm rs for abt N1200." Pls can someone put me through on how to get this? Thanks. ejaylapebe@yahoo.com

Ejayla:

" Get an rs premium frm rs for abt N1200." Pls can someone put me through on how to get this? Thanks. ejaylapebe@yahoo.com

go tru dis thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=248560.msg3617142#msg3617142

@lynxnoon
ders nothing on that thread about getting an acct!

netotse:

@lynxnoon
ders nothing on that thread about getting an acct!

dere is,,,,,,,,,, i talked abt going to dis site www.rs81tech.com to open an account; i only directed him to dat link in case he starts hvin d same probs like d poster

I think the problem I had all these while was due to my low connection speed. I gave a friend of mine who works as e System engineer in a bank my Premium account details to help me download a movie of about 350mb and he said he finished the download (using IDM) within 1 hour. I would not mind if there is a way of downloading from Rapidshare using any of the MTN trick on the phone. I have been trying this, but all to no avail. Any solution?

Wilfem:

I think the problem I had all these while was due to my low connection speed. I gave a friend of mine who works as e System engineer in a bank my Premium account details to help me download a movie of about 350mb and he said he finished the download (using IDM) within 1 hour. I would not mind if there is a way of downloading from Rapidshare using any of the MTN trick on the phone. I have been trying this, but all to no avail. Any solution?

hmmmmmm.dat na long tin!!!

lynxnoon:

hmmmmmm.dat na long tin!!!

No matter how long it is my brother, please kindly render the help you think you can so that the Premium account I got with my hard earned money would not just go like that without utilizing or making use of it.
Thanks

Check out the following article !!!

http://www.khairul-syahir.com/topics/computer/2009/which-rapidshare-server-should-i-choose.html

If you are browsing from Nigeria and your ISP is one of the clients of Main One Cable Company (International Submarine Cable Operator), i would advise you to use Level 3 Servers/Global Crossing as Main One recently joined its network extending its reach to Nigeria.

Try it and post any differences you see.

Why rapidshare? When you can always use any of the torrent software?

purplekayc: Why rapidshare? When you can always use any of the torrent software?

Check out the link below

http://www.bablotech.com/2009/01/14/5-reason-why-rapidshare-is-better-than-torrents/

Try googling rapidshare vs torrents for plenty of arguments for rapidshare. With dedicated servers and support for internet download managers, downloading from file hosts like rapidshare is extremely fast. Torrents increase your networks overhead traffic and are too much of a hassle if you are behind a firewall or proxy. However, if a torrent file has a large number of seeders it tends to have a longer shelve life unlike rapidshare files that can be removed for digital piracy. Thats the only advantage that torrents have over http downloads like rapidshare, fileserve, filesonic etc

rapid share is still not as cheap to use as torrent and u can always install good anti virus software on your computers

purplekayc: rapid share is still not as cheap to use as torrent and u can always install good anti virus software on your computers

Rapidshare Premium Account N2800 30 Days

There's no reason to be cheap. If you want good quality service, you have to pay for it. Personally, i have found Rapidshare to be a better option for me. Plus some ISP's track and ban users of P2P and Bitorrent traffic e.g Starcomms. You are yet to make any reasonable point for torrents.

samir101ng:

Rapidshare Premium Account N2800 30 Days

There's no reason to be cheap. If you want good quality service, you have to pay for it. Personally, i have found Rapidshare to be a better option for me. Plus some ISP's track and ban users of P2P and Bitorrent traffic e.g Starcomms. You are yet to make any reasonable point for torrents.

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And how far about speed downloads for rapids? We live in Nigeria remember?and how do u go about paying 4 it?think its like 9 eu roes ?

Hey @ wilfem: how did you make payment for your rapid share pro?

purplekayc: Hey @ wilfem: how did you make payment for your rapid share pro?

http://www.epaynigeria.com/rapid-share/buy-rapidshare.html

E-Pay Nigeria is the current authorised Rapidshare reseller in Nigeria. The previous reseller Rs81tech http://www.rs81tech.com/ is no longer reselling and their current filehosts (Fileserve & Filesonic) have disabled file sharing functionality on their site.

However, you do have the option of using a Naira MasterCard or Visa using the MasterCard Securecode or Verified by VISA option.