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From USA Today: "LaBelle
Management fights a poky dial-up Internet connection every
morning to see how 13 restaurants
did the day before...
"Far away in South Korea, consulting-business
owner James Rooney surfs the Web 50 times faster than the best connections
available to LaBelle. Fast Internet in Seoul is so
cheap and widespread, he says, it's
'like running water.'
"Despite its economic and political might, the USA
is falling behind other nations in arming consumers and
small businesses with a key economic tool: high-speed
Internet access, also known as broadband. The USA ranks
11th worldwide in broadband use, according to a recent United Nations
report, behind such places as South Korea,
Hong Kong and Iceland...
"While foreign governments are pouring big bucks into
broadband, the United States has left broadband
investment mostly to private companies...
"South Korea, Singapore and other Asian nations supercharged
broadband adoption starting in the 1990s by pouring
billions of dollars worth of government money into building
high-speed networks to attract foreign investment...
"Many Asian and other developing nations went straight
to wireless phone service and high-speed Net access from
little or no phone service 20 years ago. Entering the 1990s, their
fast-growing economies handed governments billions to invest in tech...
As such, some leapfrogged the USA, where telecom services were widespread,
thus more costly to upgrade...
"Dense populations make it easier and
cheaper to roll out broadband.... nearly 70 million U.S.
residents — about 25% —
live in rural areas, where broadband is less accessible because it's
more expensive to roll out...
"In the USA, broadband has been slowed by a patchwork
of federal and state regulations. Moreover, major phone
companies didn't want to invest in broadband because they
feared the FCC would force them to lease lines to high-speed rivals.
Read this entire story from the USA Today online here.
According to an analysis by recent RAIN intern
and University of Chicago MBA graduate Tony Wei, in terms of
sheer numbers, the U.S. is by far still the largest broadband
market, with over 20 million subscribers (see chart below).
Other countries, however, have much higher penetration rates
and/or growth rates.
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There's huge, and
growing, demand among consumers for Internet radio (at least during
the 9AM-5PM workday), as shown by the rapid growth of our AccuRadio project.
AccuRadio features a variety of popular music formats that
you simply can't find on the broadcast dial: Swingin' Pop Standards, Brit
Rock, Piano Jazz, Broadway and more at www.AccuRadio.com.
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 From
the Melbourne Herald Sun: "Dave Bullard came across
some amazing websites through the year.
It was difficult to choose, but here are
his top picks, in no particular order.
www.abc.net.au
"ABC New Media is doing amazing things online. If you've
never explored the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's website,
do yourself a favour -- I reckon it's the best in the country. Have
a look at the latest news, listen to the
radio, watch broadband video
on demand, search for recipes, let the kids play with the
Bananas in Pyjamas and friends, chat about sport and science, buy
CDs, books, toys and more... it's all excellent.
"Dig Internet Radio is great, and shows
artist, song, album, label and release date information
while
you listen. This site is forever changing, so is worth keeping an
eye on."
Read this entire article online here.
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Dig Internet Radio is a very enjoyable rock/AAA radio
station with some very nice features -- including a page of
the last ten songs played (here)
that includes "liner notes" for some of the songs played. (They're
very helpful and informative! Sample: "Tarmac Adam is led by
singer/songwriter Matt O'Donnell and includes Paul Hester and
Nick Seymour (ex Crowded House). More at Tarmac
Adam).
It also sounds remarkably good for a 20 kbps WMA stream.
(Perhaps because Dig comes from broadcasters who know about
audio processing?) -- KH
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This is feedback on news
that record labels plan to include VHS/DVD-type "FBI warning"
labels on CDs (in RAIN here)...
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"A
clearly more reasonable, innovative, and less intrusive campaign..."
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have to applaud the record industry for pursuing a clearly more
reasonable, innovative and less intrusive campaign for cracking down
on copyright infringement.
FBI Warning labels are not only economical, but unlike the
notorious copy protection schemes, they strike a
perfect balance between permitting fair use by legitimate
users while still protecting the interests
of the recording labels by reminding all consumers of the
limitations of their rights under copyright law.
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"Fear
is promoted..."
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Once upon a time, music, especially
rock and roll, was symbolic of freedom. In this era when
fear is promoted, the record labels chose to associate themselves
and the music they distribute with FBI warnings and the fear this
type of imagery brings.
A sad state of affairs for all of us.
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