Rapidshare says bye bye to captchaRapidshare.com, the 12th most popular site [via Ale

[mayanks_098]

Source (http://biotech-geek.com/blog2/2008/07/03/rapidshare-says-bye-bye-to-captcha/)


Rapidshare.com (http://rs330.rapidshare.com/img2/premium_vorteile_en.jpg), the 12th most popular site [via Alexa (http://alexa.com/)], and the most most popular file hosting site on the planet has finally,for the goodness of the eyes of common being, bid farewell to its notorious CAPTCHA.
This news is big owing to the status of rapidshare. They say rapidshare is a goldmine if you learn to use it wisely and efficiently. Many people prefer it over torrents and p2p apps like Limewire. Other benefit will be that we wont need magnifying lenses to spot the cat(etc) hidden somewhere in the CAPTCHA. I really had some tough time cracking the image code.
There is more.
Free users can now upload or download files upto 200 Mb in size. Though, they have limited the download speed for free users to 500 kilo bits/sec to compensate for the automated downloading that will result from removal of CAPTCHA. But again, they have eliminated waiting period between two downloads for free users.Though you will still have to see a 25 sec refractory period prior to every download if you are a free user.
Premium users can now download upto 10 GB/day[w.e.f. 26 June,2008]. If they are unable to use their allowed usage, their remaining usage is carried forward to the next day, the maximum accumulation limit being 50 Gbs.


http://rs330.rapidshare.com/img2/premium_vorteile_en.jpg
I can see smiling faces.
So enjoy downloading.
Hurray….

[Indyan]

But 60kBps wont please a lot of people.

[apoorva84]

^^^no wonder my download speed stayed below 60kBps....sucks man....

now that captcha is removed, i am sure the net will be flooded with hundreds of programs trying to automate the process of downloading especially for us dynamic ip users...

i guess when i really have to download a lot from rapidshare, i'll buy a single month's premium account...otherwise i'll stick to torrents...

[axxo]

This is great move by RS. Finally they are what I expected RS to be like. And with 750UL I can never exceed 30kbps hence the 60kbps speed limit not going to affect me. No captcha no waiting time(compared to 1hr) signifies a lot to my daily downloads.

No premium is required to enjoy the benefits now :D

[apoorva84]

^^^lucky fellow...

[nitish_mythology]

Great News! I could never figure out what those cats had hidden in them :(
On UL so the speed hardly matters! :D :D

[utsav]

They recently changed their captcha to a eye friendly 3d image and now they removed it in less than a week. Lol

[NucleusKore]

Good move. Anyway I have a 384 kpbs UL plan so 60 kB/sec is good enough for me :D

[mastermunj]

good news... thanks for sharing..

[naveen_reloaded]

I think rapidshare got sacred of other file sharing river like megashare,box,easyshare,4shared,etc...

Anyway nice move...i don need to wait for hours for next download. .

[ax3]

nice move by rs ....... cats & dogs really sucked ........

[Cool G5]

Nice move... i too hated that captcha

[Chirag]

Just when I was able to spot the cat..

[din]

I am sure Goobi will not be very happy this time (He will miss a lot of cats :D )

Anyway, seems its a good move. It was really hard (not the latest 3D captcha, but previous ones) to figure out it.

[eggman]

Sorry for offtopic question.
Can anyone tell me some proxy to d/l RS files, cause its banned in our college!!!

[apoorva84]

^^^proxies dont work with rapidshare free, you will have to purchase a premium account for proxies to work mate....

[Cool G5]

I am sure Goobi will not be very happy this time (He will miss a lot of cats :D )

Anyway, seems its a good move. It was really hard (not the latest 3D captcha, but previous ones) to figure out it.

Don't forget Praka123 :D

[din]

Oh yes, Praka also like cats !

[mayanks_098]

Just when I was able to spot the cat..

nice move by rs ....... cats & dogs really sucked ........
lol

[mavihs]

nice news!!!!

[MetalheadGautham]

this is good news for all those pirates out here. :p

[abhisek_bsws]

after those mindless capchas :mad:.....at last they have done something 4 the free users:D.....but the speed now sucks:(

[nitish_mythology]

I never tried the 3d image verification...Would like to try it once if RS gets back to it someday!

[Pat]

Along with this welcome change, they have made another stupid one. People cannot download from two ips (its like one account is bound to one IP). So if someone has an ISP that assigns a dynamic IP, its gonna create lots of problems.

People had to wait for more than 20 mins earlier before the IP on RS server got reset and allowed to download using another IP. Now from yesterday I guess the wait time has become 5 mins.

[s18000rpm]

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i'm on 512kbps bb plan & getting 30KBps with rs

[blueshift]

Noticed this just few minutes ago when I downloaded a file.
This is cool.

[phreak0ut]

Yeah, the speed really sucks man! :mad: Give us the speed and the 3D captcha, it really didn't hurt the eye like those stupid cats.

[Lucky_star]

a great move from rs. :)

[apoorva84]

with 256/512 connections, all you can get is 30-45kBps....but with 2mbps connections, it can go upto 70, as i experienced yesterday....still sucks, i used to get 200-210 kBps previously

[b.paarthasarathy]

:confused::confused: i think capcha system is far more better for me...... for a 2mbps connection the new system really sucks....... rapidshare is trying to fool us...... however i hav to switch off and on my modem for every downloads....... i used to download more than 10 files per day(frm morn 2.00 to 8.00 @ full 200KBps transfer rate) ...... but now......?????:x:x

[Sumeet_naik]

I don't use rapidshare.. But dis one reason may make me to shift to rapidshare downloading.