[BC] Digital/portable radio

[WFIFeng at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/21/2007 5:08:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mark3xy at gmail.com writes:

> Of course, if the Internet goes down, it [ROKU Soundbridge] 
>  becomes a shelf decoration, but it has been 99.9% reliable over the 
>  past two years.  My Internet
>  service is DSL from an independent local ISP, maybe with Verizon or
>  Comcast it wouldn't work as well.

Of course... it needs to be in a WiFi hotspot, or it's a decoration, too. 
Radio is still absolutely TOPS for portability & economy. You can buy a $5 radio 
and (usually) hear the news or the ballgame. You don't need Internet service, 
just a signal.

The more I think about this, the more I think that the service most 
threatened by "Internet Radios" (like the Roku and cell phones) are Sirius and XM. 
Terrestrial Radio is still close to 100% free. (Unless you have a hand-crank or 
solar-powered radio, then it IS 100% free.)

Willie...



<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's new at 
http://www.aol.com</HTML>