But why would people want to use their computers as radios? Depth of variety, song information, ratings that influence their play list -- and, of course, the back end, where you can buy the songs you're listening to, and maybe concert tickets, too. Samuel is targeting white collar office workers, who probably cannot even get radio reception over the electronic hum of their office equipment.
John Borland talks to David Samuel about the future of Net radio. (Recorded April 29, 1998.)
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It’s here to stay, and it’s changing every distribution model that has been put in place over the last 100 years.
Bandwidth will take time.