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Hello Nigel!

** On Thursday 25.12.25 - 03:15, Nigel Reed wrote to All:

 NR> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:52:00 -0500
 NR> "August Abolins" (2:221/1.58) 
 NR> wrote:

 >> I understood the report to mean that Anna's has reduced the
 >> quality of its skimmed copies to 160 or 75 based on its
 >> assessment on popularity.  It doesn't sound like Anna's has
 >> or is offering the 320kbs or higher versions at all.

 NR> Ah ok, that makes sense.

Spotify offers two quality levels.  The lowest is 256kbps.


 NR> I once got a warning from Verizon for downloading
 NR> something from some obscure band. I wanted to hear a
 NR> couple of tracks before I pumped out for the album. This
 NR> was before organized streaming stuff. Decided not to in
 NR> the end :)

That is strange.  Was it a torrent?


 NR> Yes, I could get a VPN but I am not sure it's worth paying for just for
 NR> a look.

Windscribe has a free level that offers 10GB/mo.

Although recently, I think they are blocking known tracker IPs.

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