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jokermatt999 on June 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple's iCloud will automatically store, sync data...

It's a few hours vs a few minutes.

No, believe me, it's not. I'm using the Google Music beta, and by my calculations, it will take multiple weeks to upload my collection.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=80+GB%2F10KBps

I know I don't have the best internet connection, nor do I have the smallest music collection, but that's a whole lot of time to be uploading at full speed (which makes my internet unusable).

drivebyacct2 on June 7, 2011 [–]

Your upload is 10kB? What? Are you on dial-up?

nsavage on June 7, 2011 | [–]

Mine is about that, maybe a bit more. I have the best residential internet plan in the city.

drivebyacct2 on June 7, 2011 | | [–]

I find that exceedingly hard to believe. I literally get better upload over dialup...

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