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Re: IBOC : iBiquity HD-Radio Class-Action Lawsuits - It Don't Take a Rocket Scientist ~r~o~t~f~l~

#259
From: DigitalRadioScams
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:26
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On Sep 15, 12:26 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On 9/15/2010 8:11 AM, RHF wrote:
> \
>
> > It's the Radio Station Transmiter's Signal and Location
> > and Your 'Distant' [or Hidden] Location On-the-Road.
>
> > it' don't take a rocket scientist - rotfl ~ RHF
>
> A personal injury law firm isn't really interested in the technology or
> the root cause of a problem. Nor are they interested in a trial. They
> want a settlement.
>
> Still this a really strange "investigation." There are so many actually
> valid technology issues that they could be investigating where they
> could have a chance of a successful class action lawsuit, i.e. why has
> one cellular carrier drastically reduced coverage after signing up
> millions of consumers to two year contracts? This carrier has been
> quietly waiving early termination fees to its customers that make a fuss
> about what happened, but they have never publicized what they did to
> their coverage or what they will do for customers that complain.
>
> Meanwhile HD Radio plods along, adding stations, adding advertisers on
> the sub-channels, and doubling receiver sales every year.
>
> iBiquity is right on target when it states:
>
> “Let’s be very clear on streaming, it’s not going to kill radio.
> Pandora is not the Death Star that’s going to destroy the business, but
> it isn’t going to save it either.  Streaming is, for a lot of different
> reasons, a good increment to the business.  It serves as revenue. But
> the ability to replace radio’s traditional over-the-air revenue with new
> streaming revenue does not exist.  It just doesn’t work.”
>
> “The basic radio infrastructure where one tower covers an infinite
> number of listeners is a lot more efficient way to deliver audio than a
> point-to-point connection that you need with the Internet. People are
> starting to get that.  We’re seeing not only the capacity issues but
> also starting to see variable pricing plans.”

These are the typea of misleading claims that are going to land
Struble in court, and civil fraud on Struble's level could escalate
into crimnal fraud.
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From: DigitalRadioScams <digitalradioscams@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: IBOC : iBiquity HD-Radio Class-Action Lawsuits - It Don't Take a
 Rocket Scientist ~r~o~t~f~l~
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