Using Spotify at work - bandwidth issues?

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ArmyofHarmony

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Alright guys,

I'm going to assume a lot of you use Spotify, probably at work as well as home.

Apparently Spotify has been too much of a drain on bandwidth at my company so they want to stop us from using it. I'm just wondering how much bandwidth Spotify actually drains.

They claim that the sharing of playlists is the biggest offender...not sure why.


Please correct me if I am wrong:

If spotify streams at 256kbit downstream, that's the equilavent of 32kb/s download. Multiply by 60 (roughly the amount of people in the company) and that equates to 1.9meg/second.

Let's say that spotify is then used for the whole day, that's about 47gig of bandwidth - is that a massive amount for a corporate connection?

BTW, only about 15 people use spotify at work, so you can really quarter that amount (12gig) - 24gig if you assume upstream = downstream.


My maths could be completely wrong... :)
 
Work networks are designed for use with work-related tasks. Often, occasional and incidental personal use is allowed. Unless you're in the music industry, Spotify is certainly not work-related, and it's unlikely to be incidental. Whether it is occasional is up to you.

If you want to listen to music at work, and your employer is fine with that, get an MP3 player. It's what I do.
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Thanks for the lecture...let me guess, you work as an IT technician? :)

Anyway, the question is, does Spotify really drain significant bandwidth? How much is significant?
 
Yep, I probably would :P

I'm just curious as I have one of those "unlimited" hosting deals... that I pay 40 quid a year for, and regularly use of 100gig a month of bandwidth with! Those hosting providers must have some heavy duty equipment, to deal with thousands of people draining brandwidth
 
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