[BC] Top Ten reasons why IBOC won't make much difference...

[Ron Castro]

Dana, I learned long ago not to argue with a moron.  This thread is over.

Ron Castro

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From: "DANA PUOPOLO" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
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> My arguement is completely valid, Ron. YOU were the one who compared huge,
> crappy sounding, unreliable 8 tracks (that could only store about 10 
> songs) to
> ipods, which are less than half the size of an 8 track cartridge (let 
> alone
> the player needed to play them in) and can hold thousands of songs with 
> good
> quality. The comparison to IMTS telephones vs cellular is just as valid.
>
> -D
>
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> Received: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:49:10 AM PDT
> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
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> I don't recall any IMTS mobile phones that fit in my pocket, Dana.  Also,
> they had only 32 channels for an entire city, you had to call an operator,
> put a big box in the back of your car and a 150 MHz vertical on it too. 
> The
> cost was horrific and there were huge areas with no coverage.  That was
> *not* a valid analogy.
>
> Ron Castro
> Chief Technical Officer
> Results Radio, LLC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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>> Following your arguement Ron, cell phones should have been a dismal
>> failure.
>> After all, we had IMTS mobile telephones back in the 1960's.
>> Also, let's not forget that there was a pay phone on every corner.
>>
>> Clearly, they were not.
>>
>> -D
>>
>>
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>> And how many 8-track cartridges did a person have to haul around to equal
>> the capacity of an iPod?
>>
>> The "do it yourself" option may not have been the easiest thing 40 years
>> ago, but it's here now.  Portable CD players, mp3 players, satellite
>> boom-boxes--all very real.
>>
>> The 8-track may not have been the hottest thing around, but pre-recorded
>> cassettes did find something of a niche market...
>>
>> ak
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Ron Castro wrote:
>>
>>> That "no commercial, choose your own music" option has been around since
>> the
>>> dawn of the 8-track, and we all know what a resounding success that was.
>>
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