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naz on Nov 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Spotify Works

Because most home connections are asymmetrical, and even a small amount of upstream bandwidth usage can degrade the performance of everything else.

Zirro on Nov 25, 2011 [–]

I seem to remember reading that the speed is of your connection is tested, and the amount of data sent is customized not to slow your connection down.

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