{"id":1045,"date":"2010-06-15T07:07:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:23:22","slug":"how-expensive-is-online-radio-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/06\/how-expensive-is-online-radio-these-days\/","title":{"rendered":"How expensive is online radio these days?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I read a very good and interesting post on James Critland’s blog<\/a>.  He is somewhat concerned about the trend for mobile wireless providers to no longer offer unlimited data service for a flat fee.  I find it interesting that all of these companies seemed to have reached the same conclusions at the same time.  But anyway…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general surmise of James’ post is that the average person will not be able to afford online radio through a 3 or 4G device because of the limited minutes available and the additional charges incurred.  (35 quid is about $50.00) To make that meaningful to a US audience, I decided to redo some of James’ math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iphones are primarily serviced through ATT. \u00a0ATT has two different data plans that are coupled with voice plans in a bundle. \u00a0For example, a 450-minute voice plan and a 200 Mb data plan will cost $55.00. \u00a0A 900-minute voice plan with a 2 Gb data plan will run $85.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few interesting tidbits and some good math:<\/p>\n\n\n\n