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On 9/15/2010 8:11 AM, RHF wrote:
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> 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.�