Octorox said:
Rapidshare is uber-slow if you don't have a Premium account. Torrents are faster, easier, and more reliable.
jdownloader...jdownloader...jdownloader...
There's a thread for discussing RS vs torrents vs newsgroups etc. but I was too lazy to look for it.
Also, there's a thread on FE.org right now about how RS is talking about cracking down as well. Of course, that will probably kill their business model, but whatevs.