Thread: Spotify now open to all in the UK
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Old 17-02-2009, 10:41   #20
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Re: Spotify now open to all in the UK
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Originally Posted by Horace View Post
A bit of info. The client uses P2P as well as direct streaming so there is some impact on your bandwidth, there doesn't seem to be any controls available for bandwidth management. It also seems to store files locally so hard drive space is an issue if you use a netbook or similar but that is controllable by the interface. It looks like the files are encrypted (split over 4 different files) tho' I can't be sure. Quality is up to 160kbps.
There is also www.we7.co.uk if you are worried about the P2P - I haven't tried it myself so I'm not sure how good that is
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