TorrentFreak points to reports that suggest dramatic drops in speed for free users, sometimes down to 30/kbs.

While some RapidShare users suspected that this was done to drive customers to use the site's premium service, a statement released by the website claims that it is actually a method to drive away pirates that may have jumped ship following the high profile closure of Megaupload.

"On January 19th Megaupload was shut down by the FBI. Shortly thereafter, several other file hosters ...