Roderick Stewart wrote:
> In article <kq2dndgX_qWSPd7XnZ2dnUVZ8lmdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk >, Jn wrote:
>>>> I receive internet radio on my laptop anywhere with my Three 3g
>>>> dongle, 5 quid per month.
>>> I've also used a 3g dongle with 3g: it's pretty crap here and also over
> vast
>>> areas of the UK (even by 3g's own map)
>>>
>>>
>> I was not serious about Internet Radio but some seem to believe the
>> Internet is the holy grail for everything no matter how impractical
>
> What's impractical today will be commonplace tomorrow if enough people want it,
> or if somebody sees a marketing possibility. A 3G internet car radio with a
> reasonable number of presets doesn't need us to invent anything new - just to
> extend and reconfigure what we've already got. With literally thousands of
> radio stations, everybody can have their choice of quality or quantity.
>
> Rod.
You'll probably find someone has already a patent out on the idea.
Watching the IT press there appears to be companies out there who just
patent everything they can think of so they can sue any successful
product producer.

I don't personally believe there would be enough people who want this
unless you can have some killer content/facility (just having thousands
of music/talk stations isn't that attractive). But then people do seem
willing to part with around £50/month for satellite services so I could
well be wrong, again.

JN