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youtheman
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HD and HD2 and HD3 are going to help radio. We are at the point in time with HD right now where FM found themselves in the late 60's and early 70's. Very few people had FM radios in their cars. FM had to first supply content that people wanted to hear, then they had to advertise the availability of FM radios. Remember carverters? Those FM radios that you put into your cassette deck so you could listen to FM radio? Now radio needs to advertise the advantages of HD and eventually people will start to buy them. And then when Internet car radios come along in a few years, why would anyone want to get a satellite radio and pay a subscription when you can listen to any station in the world for free?
Actually, I see the Internet car radios coming about sooner and more readily than HD. A couple of manufacturers have commited to put Wi-Fi receivers in their high-end models by the 2008 line.
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audiomusiclover
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Josh C. said:Actually, I see the Internet car radios coming about sooner and more readily than HD. A couple of manufacturers have commited to put Wi-Fi receivers in their high-end models by the 2008 line.
I am having trouble imagining Internet radio as being free. There are very few areas that supply free Wi-Fi without a catch and I don't see that trend really changing. When one considers the high streaming bandwidth demand that would be required to listen to internet radio it really seems like a future event not about to happen. Maybe this will change in the future, but the free supplying of Wi-Fi from kind hearted people just seems way beyond the times of the upcoming HD radio.
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youtheman
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No one ever said it would be free. The internet connection you would use to access the internet on your car radio would be the same one that you have at home. Just yesterday, the Federal government started auctioning off wireless spectrum. As you can see from the article below, a lot of companies are bidding for a chunk of this and it will usher in eventual national wi fi. It will take a few years to blanket the US, but you can compare it to the early days of cell phones when there were areas where you couldn't use your cell phone. So I would imagine that if you have Road Runner at home for example, for an extra fee, Time Warner will give you wi fi access that you can take with you. And just like cell phone companies, the wi fi companies will make sharing arrangements with other companies so you can have wi fi "Roaming" and use it in service areas where Time Warner doesn't offer their service. The internet is too important to not have the ability to access it from anywhere at anytime. It is inevitible that we will will have wi fi anywhere in the US and eventually, anywhere in the world. But just like phone service, you will pay for it, and just like phone service, the cost will keep coming down so that it is easily available to just about everyone. That is my prediction anyway. The article I mentioned is below.audiomusiclover said:Josh C. said:Actually, I see the Internet car radios coming about sooner and more readily than HD. A couple of manufacturers have commited to put Wi-Fi receivers in their high-end models by the 2008 line.
I am having trouble imagining Internet radio as being free. There are very few areas that supply free Wi-Fi without a catch and I don't see that trend really changing. When one considers the high streaming bandwidth demand that would be required to listen to internet radio it really seems like a future event not about to happen. Maybe this will change in the future, but the free supplying of Wi-Fi from kind hearted people just seems way beyond the times of the upcoming HD radio.
FCC Begins Auction 66
By Tara Seals
Posted on: 08/09/2006
The FCC began a much-anticipated wireless spectrum auction on Wednesday, covering 1,122 licenses and 90Mhz of airwaves at 1710MHz to 1755MHz and 2110MHz to 2155 MHz, the largest chunk ever to be auctioned off in the United States. Auction 66, which has been delayed several times, could take weeks to complete, concluding only when all 168 participants stop bidding.
The Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS) is being reapportioned away from military and law enforcement and earmarked for broadband communications services. The auction should raise about $15 billion for the U.S. government.
The AWS bidders include big names like Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon Wireless, along with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s joint venture with the cablecos Bright House Networks, operating the name SpectrumCo.; Comcast Communications; Cox Communications Inc.; and Time Warner Cable. Further, satellite TV companies EchoStar and DIRECTV have teamed under the "DBS LLC" moniker to bid. A handful of regional wireless and small rural communications companies round out the participants. Also, it is rumored that BWA ISP Clearwire Corp., which recently raised $900 million in funding from Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc. when it announced its plans to convert to the WiMAX standard, also is interested in AWS.
Exactly... the connection most likely won't be free, but the stream will be.
And actually, I'd say the concept of free wireless broadband covering whole cities and metros isn't that far off. A few communities here in Michigan have been planning free wireless access city- and township-wide for the past couple of years, with a few of them already up and running. The people behind the projects have been either the local governments, local businesses and organizations, or organizations started locally specifically to provide the service. It's not that hard to do... and a lot of it is funded by local ad placement.
But what I see becoming even more common is wireless Internet over high-speed cell networks like 3G and EV-DO. Those networks are being put into place on a much broader scale and faster than the wireless 802.11 standard setups. Many people on these boards have already boasted their capability of listening to their favorite radio stations in their cars by connecting their phones to the stereo's auxiliary input.
The technology is here... and it's already accepted on a fairly wide basis by the general public. I don't see IB(A)C ever having that much success or anything beyond it.
And actually, I'd say the concept of free wireless broadband covering whole cities and metros isn't that far off. A few communities here in Michigan have been planning free wireless access city- and township-wide for the past couple of years, with a few of them already up and running. The people behind the projects have been either the local governments, local businesses and organizations, or organizations started locally specifically to provide the service. It's not that hard to do... and a lot of it is funded by local ad placement.
But what I see becoming even more common is wireless Internet over high-speed cell networks like 3G and EV-DO. Those networks are being put into place on a much broader scale and faster than the wireless 802.11 standard setups. Many people on these boards have already boasted their capability of listening to their favorite radio stations in their cars by connecting their phones to the stereo's auxiliary input.
The technology is here... and it's already accepted on a fairly wide basis by the general public. I don't see IB(A)C ever having that much success or anything beyond it.
The entire city ?
Wouldn't surprise me. W-S seems to lead the Triad in all things cool ;D
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