[BC] Digital/portable radio

[R A Meuser]

I have a crank up one.



WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

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