Whiskers wrote:
> On 2008-03-16, DAB sounds worse than FM <dab.is@dead> wrote:
>> Whiskers wrote:
>>> On 2008-03-14, john doe <easyhome@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> If i get a new phone that has internet capability and a contract
>>>> that offers unlimited internet access (ie, O2 for £7.50 per month)
>>>> am i correct in thinking that i would be able to go onto the BBC
>>>> website and use the "listen again" feature all day long for free.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>
>>> Most unlikely, even if you have a phone that can handle 'streaming'
>>> content. For a start, how much data do you think a day-long use of
>>> the BBC streams would amount to,
>>
>>
>> The BBC's Listen Again streams are using 64 kbps, so that works out
>> as being
>> 27.5 MB per hour of listening, or 37 hours of listening per GB.
>
> Whereas the O2 add-on service has a 'fair usage' limit of 200MB per
> month. So it's most unlikely that the OP will be able to get away
> with doing what he wants to do using that service.


Are you saying that something described as being "unlimited" had a 200MB per
month limit on it?


>>> and how much would you pay a wired
>>> ISP for that much data?
>>
>> How are you going to receive fixed-line broadband when you're
>> sitting in your car on the motorway?
>
> Who suggested trying any such thing?


The OP's question was about listening to Listen Again on his mobile. So
answering by telling him to use fixed-line broadband at home is sort of
missing the point, isn't it.


> The point is that mobile
> broadband tends to be no cheaper than a fixed line service


I repeat: what good is that when you're out and about and you want to listen
to the radio or Listen Again?


>- and
> there aren't many fixed line services that have a monthly limit large
> enough for the OP to do what he wants at a price of £7.50, as far as
> I know.


Fixed-line is irrelevant here.


> But a mobile phone with a built-in FM radio receiver will give
> genuinely unlimited content streaming, at no cost to the listener,


The OP asked about Listen Again, which isn't available on FM.


> and probably over a larger geographic area. I don't know if any
> mobile phones have built-in DAB receivers, but there are certainly
> stand-alone pocket radios that do.


Listen Again isn't available on DAB either.


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