i can never undestand the pain ppl have about rapidshare as i always get my accounts for free via the premium points but still whats the problem with paying some cash for having a fast,reliable file hosting? you pay for your AV,firewall,windows.. right? then why not for the file hosting account if you use it alot? i would recommend getting an space from a webhost too, to share your files with others if you dont wanna share more than the webhost limit of course. anyway i dont think that anyone would put all that money and efford to a big hosting website/project and dont charge for it...