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I don't use Spotify anymore, but when I did I was completely aware that this was happening, and ultimately I'm not too bothered by it using my connection to sup
by darrenkopp 14y ago
I don't use Spotify anymore, but when I did I was completely aware that this was happening, and ultimately I'm not too bothered by it using my connection to support other clients, because that's partly how it starts playing so fast. I would be very upset if it was using my entire connection.
Spotify should cap the speed at like 128KB/s, because that should be plenty for what they are doing. If they were using my full connection, I would be furious, because I'm not a data center for them, and I know how much data centers charge for bandwidth, and they would be getting an insane deal (my home connection is 100/100Mb).
It should probably have a cap for how long they are using your connection also. Once you've shared as much as you've downloaded, your connection should either stop sharing or go to an even lower speed.
- bbrks 14y agoEven at a 128KB/s fixed upload, that is still ~2x as much as my upload speed limit on UK ADSL.
- apawloski 14y agoIs that a typical speed limit in the UK?
- shanelja 14y agoNot really, I am running Virgin Media and get a 60mb/s line for £24.99 / month including a phone, I've clocked it at around 43mb/s download and 4mb/s upload, the upload is still fairly abysmal, but it's enough for home usage.
- citricsquid 14y agoNot a typical limit but can often be a limitation in certain areas. My parents have ~220kb/s down, 70kb/s up due to poor quality wiring and being far from the exchange. Most UK cities are reasonable, but go out to the smaller areas with only ADSL and it goes to all hell.