I e-mailed them about how they gave us to little of a notice so that we could download what we had so we would not lose our files. They only let us download 25 GBs in a 5 day time frame.
Here is what they sent back to me today:
Hello,
Unfortunately this new measure is necessary due to severe storage shortages.
This step was our last option in this matter and we apologize for the
inconvenience.
All Files that are uploaded after the first 20 GB are affected by this new
function.
In an effect all uploads will be swifter in the future.
We hope you can accept our apologizes in this matter and we look froward to
presenting new great features soon.
We deeply regret that we cannot avoid this change. We assure you that we would
not have decided to take such measures had it not become absolutely
inevitable.
The number of inactive files that have accumulated on our servers has to be
reduced urgently. Although we keep adding new servers, the performance loss
caused by the mass of inactive files would make a regular continuation of our
service impossible.
Best regards,
RapidShare AG - Support Team
BTW, my time ran out I think 2 days ago. After I got this e-mail I went to upload a Lisa Mason vid and they put this up on my page. Looks like they gave me more time
Your account stores more than 20 GB of files! In 46 hours, your account will be switched to a 'Storage XXL' account. Files not being downloaded for more than 90 days will then automatically be deleted!