[SurroundSound] Re: New Rapidshare Plans

Being only a downloader my situation is fairly simple. I bought the
cheapest package (RapidSmall) and I've disabled the auto-upgrade. This
way I have now max. 1 Gb traffic / day at cost of 4 rapids on my
premium account.

On júl. 5, 05:52, Savagepagan <savagepa...@verizon.net> wrote:
> What I do not understand is how do they charge us and is it possible
> to delete/cancel/unsubscribe to RS.  I got that  email saying I was
> being automatically upgraded(to rapidmedium) also with a new charge of
> 20 rapids per day. How much is that?  I only download(I exceeded my
> 1gb amount for the day I think).  I have nothing stored. I really do
> not trust this new model of theirs.  I will stop using this service
> immediately.  I can not even find out when my premium acct. expires.
> I emailed them requesting my account be deleted/deactivated etc.  I
> don't trust these new changes.  I am also using hotfile.com.
>
> On Jun 30, 5:44 pm, "Lokkerman" <phil.steep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Guys
> > We need to discuss this one as it has seriously curtailed OD and perhaps we
> > need to decide whether or not we ultimately move to deposit files or
> > flefactory or whatever.
>
> > This is what I discussed with OD today on the subject, so it is my take,
> > please correct me where I am wrong:
>
> > "RS's change is strangely geared away from individuals to large entities. I
> > think if you also read it there is a licence disclaimer version which the
> > file owner then takes the rap. Therefore I think the model is geared towards
> > low volume/bandwidth downloads and not large volume/high bandwidth; which
> > are placed in the realm of the corporate or large volume user. (My view is)
> > It would make your blog unsustainable unless you post things and remove them
> > cyclically.
> > Oddly it also turns the focus away from the FLAC and back to MP3 because of
> > the lower bandwidth.
>
> > We will now see how it affects RS financially as I think many folk will not
> > renew and shift to File factory et al.... - they are already claiming they
> > now are the largest provider.
>
> > A also think that if I were a business provider I would seriously look hard
> > at a company that changes a fundamental service offering without
> > consultation and with very little warning. The two services should have been
> > run in parallel to phase the new service in and that way they could judge
> > the performance of the new product."
>
> > So please comments
>
> > cheers
> > Lokks- Idézett szöveg elrejtése -
>
> - Idézett szöveg megjelenítése -

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