On 1/12/12 12:01 , SMS wrote:
On 1/12/2012 8:40 AM, J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, January 11th, 2012, at 21:32:16h -0800, Kimmi wrote:

If broadcast radio ever goes all digital, it'll be a completely
different digital system then ibiquity's crapola.

Looking more and more like MP3 or AAC (or some future codec)
over Internet streams ...

Broadcast radio station owners are living in a dream world if they think
listeners are going to put up with commercials and use their metered
smart phone data to listen to the radio.


And yet, it happens every day. Not all data plans are as metered as
you think. And many smartphones have wi-fi provisions, so a local
network may be accessed. Couple that with spreading of community wi-fi
networks that are free for access, a good number of listeners do exactly
what you deny: they're putting up with commercials while listening on
their smartphones.



If people pay for each kb of data then they'll subscribe to the paid
version of a Pandora-like service.

Also, not true. For the reasons above.



Remember, monetizing whatever was formerly available for free
is one of the central features of capitalism.

Well to be fair, radio isn't really free, it's paid for by advertising.
Nor has wireless bandwidth been free, it was just originally "too cheap
to meter" at least for what most users were able to consume.

Broadcast radio station owners should be thrilled that most of the
wireless companies are not offering unlimited data any more, and that
the ones that are prohibit streaming


Also, not true. I can stream at will on my unlimited plan for my iPhone.