Are you guys for real?
Hotfile usually downloads like at 255kb/s to me. And I'm a free user.
It obviously have to be your internet connection. Change to optical fiber. And regional factors maybe have something to do too.
Anyway, rapidshare is better, because you don't need to have your browser on to download anything, you can make a list and download files with a script. This takes less resources and is more stable, besides if your browser crashes you wouldn't have to download the file again. But probably hotfile is faster in connection speed (because people who really download stuff use rapidshare, so free users get rather low speeds).
But in the end torrents have to be the best (for free/lazy users). You don't need to worry about clicking a button after 15mins or anything. If it's old you might find there are no users seeding it, but in hotfile/any other server you'll get the files deleted after a while anyway.