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RAPIDSHARE vs MEGASHARES

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Please read through all of it before you make a reply, or else you'll make yourself look like a fool.

credits: dark elite (gh noob, moody, whatever you wanna call him)

1) Pricing

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ All prices here are in USD. Rapidshare prices are in EURO, which is then converted for comparing purposes. Exchange rate as of July 1st, 2008.1 Euro = 1.57800 U.S. dollars

1 month

- Megashares has a link card for $10 a month. Rapidshare has premium for $11.03.Difference of $1.

3 months

- Megashares doesn’t have a 3 month link card but does have a 6 month for $25; so$12.50 for 3 months. Rapidshare is $26.81 for 3 months. Difference of almost$2.

6 months

- Megashares at $25. Rapidshare at $47.32. Difference of $14.

1 year

- Megashares doesnt have a yearly card but for this comparison I'm going to use two 6month cards. 2x$25 = $50. Rapidshare has a yearly premium account for $86.77. A hugedifference of $37.In conclusion, Megashares does have the upper hand when it comes to pricing of the premiumservice at each site. As durations of the premium accounts are get longer, the price difference becomes bigger. As you can see the 6 month and 1 year premiums are much cheaper withMegashares. Even with the lower USD rate at the moment, you are still saving a mile onMegashares as opposed to Rapidshare.

2) Limits

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ --PREMIUM LIMITS--Rapidshare has a limit of

2.6gb per day (WTF?)

This means you can download 2.6gb's on oneday. As far as Im concerned this is the only limit to downloading that they have. Their premiumaccounts at Rapidshare only limit one connection and one IP to download at a time which is ahuge disadvantage for those that want to download something at home then go to a buddy'shouse and leech something over there.Megashares has no limits to downloading whatsoever. Their policy on linkcards are just as strict

but I have been successful at downloading from various places at once without having my premium account being banned or disabled.--FILE LIMITS--Rapidshare has a very low file limit, only 100mb, which is another huge disadvantage of theservice. Megashares has a 15GB file limit which can pretty much take any type of content.In conclusion Rapidshare's limits are far off from Megashares. 10GB a day is not worth your money compared to unlimited service at Megashares. Restricting users to only one connectionfrom one IP at a time is also a huge down side. Megashares has an unlimited download servicewhich is well worth the money if you download to the fullest; even if you dont. Lastly the filelimits are a huge plus for Megashares since 10GB max for one file can save a user alot of time(especially on a slow PC) by downloading the full extracted files as opposed to downloading100MB split RARs then unpacking them when you are done downloading. Time is money here!

3) Download Speeds/Upload Speeds

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ --DOWNLOAD--All those rumors are false, I can download from RS at a max speed of about 1.3-1.4mb/s (whichis my ISP max) and then right after finishing, go to MS and download at the same speed. It alldepends on how you download.Without a download manager, RS.com gives me 100-300kb/s, without a download manager onMS, I get 150-600kb/s Generally the higher-end of the download spectrum for MS, while RS isgenerally the middle

EVEN IF THE RUMORS WERE TRUE

Downloading at lets say 200kb/s through MS than downloading 300kb/s from MS

still

is faster than RS, since MS has a 4 hr lead ahead through wait times.--UPLOAD--Both file hosts have remote uploading, while they still hold the file limits.. Megashares has FTP-to-FTP (FXP) uploading but Rapidshare does not. Megashares also has a Java-based customuploader, where you can add HTTP and FTP links in and it will upload. Rapidshare has FTPupload through their web site in the premium section; up to 50 files.. aren't manyXBOX360/DVDR/X264 content over 50 files anyway?In conclusion, speeds are the same all over. Use a download manager if you can't max out your own speed. Don't blame the host, blame your ISP. FlashGet is highly recommended for either host, and it maxes out my speed definitely. I have confirmed this fact with a friend from Europeand myself in the USA. Upload speeds may lack for European users at Megashares sinceMegashares is located amongst the USA. Rapidshare has pretty good speeds for pretty muchanywhere; so thats a plus for Rapidshare. Another thing is Rapidshare has happy hour every sooften which is also good. (where you download freely for 1hr)

4) File 'Stability'

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Everyone complains about file reporters (including me). In RS.com it can take between 12-24 hrsto get a 3gb game reported. You sometimes don't even have to post them. (rs spiders...)For MS, there still is reporting, but I have found it takes between 7 days to a few weeks before itsactually removed.Rapidshare "In principle, we host data without a time limit. But files that have not been accessedfor 90 days are deleted to relieve the system of forgotten and not needed content. This rule doesnot apply to Premium members."Megashares "Your file will remain available through your unique download link as long as thereis 1 unique download in 15 days and 10 unique downloads in 45 days which then restarts at the45-day counter. "

5) Rewards System

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ For Rapidshare you get points for free downloads, and every 10,000 points, you can extend your account for another month or pay of course.For Megashares there is a new cache points system that they have going on. Downloads and link card sales affect your cache points. A quote from their FAQ explains this:

Quote:

Megashares success comes from our users. You provide for us to host, saving youmoney and increasing your reach. At the same time this increases Megashares traffic.We would like to provide a way to encourage and prolong this relationship.Points:- You get 1 (one) cache point for every unique linkcard/premium download. Someusers with high traffic sites have over 10,000 uniques a day!- You get 250 cache points for every linkcard referral. (when a user buys a linkcard byhitting one of your links)Levels:- Level 1 is at 10,000 points. You can use these to get a linkcard good for 30 days.- Level 2 is at 25,000 points. That gives you $100 paid through Paypal.**- Level 3 is at 75,000 points. That gives you $300 paid through Paypal.**- Level 4 we will soon have a premium service providing storage, streaming,hotlinking/paid bandwidth. This will be a subscription based service. at 250,000 pointsyou will be at level 4 and can use those cache points for a premium servicesubscription. Start getting cache points now!**You will need a Paypal account in order to turn in your cache points for money.