"Paul Dwerryhouse" wrote in message
...

Eventually broadband over mobile phone networks will be cheap enough so
that
listening to internet radio on portable devices will be practical.

Obviously, this is unlikely to solve the "listening in the middle of
Africa"
problem, but then, let's face it, there isn't much to listen to out there
on a portable radio anyway.

That is precisely what shortwave radio was designed to provide.... (just to
bring this all 'round to something completely on topic)