listening to internet radio with dial-up

[Tony Tiger]

Can I listen to internet radio with dial-up? If so what do I need to make it work? Is there a plug in I can get to keep it from cutting off every few minutes? Any info greatly appreciated..

Tony Tiger

[kendall]

I know nothing about this product, but it's one of many out there:

http://www.tothepc.com/archives/alwa...ection-keeper/

Do a Google search for "always on, dial up".

While it's not technically internet radio, I highly recommend Pandora.com.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by kendall

While it's not technically internet radio, I highly recommend Pandora.com.

Yes, in the best of all possible worlds...

Unfortunately for the rest of us though, Pandora is NLA outside the USA.

[kendall]

Unfortunately for the rest of us though, Pandora is NLA outside the USA.

I'm sorry. I did not realize that. That really stinks. Not sure what we can do about that....maybe we should lobby them to make it available outside the US.

[Bob]

I believe Pandora's restriction to the US stems from a legal issue regarding royalties.

[MidnightCowboy]

I think you might struggle with dial-up even if you choose stations streaming at low rates.

The machine I have radio enabled on here has a 256 broadband connection and that is often not good enough, especially at peak periods.

If you ever get in a position to use it though I recommend Nexus radio just to browse for the stations you like then copy/paste the URL's into Foobar2000 and play using that because the sound is superb! I should add that there's a free third-party plugin available for Foobar that lets you control it from the tray. You can find it under "tools" on this website.

http://www.niversoft.com

If you get really stuck with internet radio then why not try listening to shortwave radio?

If you're interested, the frequency range is 2200 kHz to 26000 kHz, and stations broadcast at anything from 0.5 kW up to 1 MW. Reception depends on your radio, type of aerial, and weather conditions locally to you and between you and the transmitter. Solar flare activity also has an impact on your ability to pick up transmissions.

There are about 18000 different programs a day on shortwave. You can tune in to the big broadcasters like the BBC, VOA, or perhaps the Australian ABC NT SERVICE from Alice Springs. If you prefer you can dial around and find out what's hot virtually anywhere, just remember that many broadcasts won't be in English.

My personal favourite is Cajun music, which, despite the low power of the transmitters used by the broadcasters, and the distance from Louisiana to the UK, I can still pick up.

Give it a try, who knows, you might like it

Rik

[Steve Hargreaves]

I'm thinking back to my old Amiga days on dial up with a 33k modem, and I managed to listen to streaming music as long as a low bitrate was chosen.

You could probably even find streams on shoutcast that would work (there are still several 24 Kbs streams there).

Steve

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Steve Hargreaves

I managed to listen to streaming music as long as a low bitrate was chosen.

I've submitted an article about a good worldwide internet streaming radio search engine which shows bitrates for each station.

Hope that helps

Bob