# Does Napster hate me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-napster-hate-me/55874 "2001-02-26T01:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-napster-hate-me/55874/1 "2001-02-26T01:20:36Z")
I’ve been a frequent Napster user for a while now, but recently something funny has been happening. Virtually everything I download starts out at an acceptible CPS rate, but the rate slows and slows and slows until it gets to 0.0 and I get a transfer error. I estimate that maybe 1 in 20 mp3s actually get through. Does Napster hate me now? What gives? p.s. I recently downloaded the latest version and upgraded to it if that helps… ---
**Author:** ![JCThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@JCThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-napster-hate-me/55874/2 "2001-02-26T05:54:34Z")
My friend and I have had the same problem for at least 4-5 days now. I assumed it had something to do with the impending court ruling to shut down or start charging users for the service. In other words, it’s crowded. ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-napster-hate-me/55874/3 "2001-02-26T05:55:23Z")
Most likely people figure that they have a matter of days until Napster is shut down, so there are tons of people on each server **all day long**. Or the people that you are downloading from are just a-holes and they aborted the transfer.