[access-uk] Re: Internet radio update
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:12:30 -0000
Iain, it just makes a mockery of promoting independence. According to both
RNIB and TNAUK, it's the best solution, but only they know what that means. A
bit like mother knows best?
I should also say that the web box I was offered has an ethernet connection
only. If I wanted a wireless one as well, I would have to pay extra for that
facility. Sorry, but I can't help having a chuckle.
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Iain Lackie
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Internet radio update
Jackie
The best solution to what in particular? As far as being an internet radio
goes, I can't see how it can be a particularly good solution if you have to
phone someone to get a particular station added.
Iain
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: Access UK Mailing List
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:38 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Internet radio update
Hi All
Pin your ears back as I have an update that might be of interest to some.
My last post to this list on the thread of Internet radios intimated I
would let you know how I got on with a web radio that TNAUK are trialing. A
couple of weeks ago, they agreed to send me a web radio when a customer who had
finished with their set returned it to them.
At the end of last week, however, I got an Email from Ted Davis to say that
he had a web radio in stock if I wanted to purchase it for £275.00. So I
thought to myself, in typical Jackie fashion: "Why would I want to buy a web
radio if the trial is still going on, and nobody has forked out any money for
these sets to my knowledge?" So I contacted TNAUK today, and spoke to Ted's
colleague, Luke.
The full story appears to be this. TNAUK are lending 15 web radios to
people at the moment to trial. Anyone over and above those 15 who express an
interest in the box must pay £275.00 for the privilege of owning one. The
trial ends at the end of February, but, he tells me, things look "promising."
According to TNAUK, RNIB have come to the same conclusion as TNAUK that this
way forward is the best solution.
I asked Luke how I would be supported with a web radio if I bought one, and
he said that if I wanted an Internet radio station added to it, I could contact
them with the details, and they would have it put in for me without the radio
being returned to TNAUK. I used the scenario of wanting Sky Radio in it, and
he said this would be possible. I then asked about future upgrades and
support, and he said that it depended on what was to happen after the trial.
So my conclusion is that they appear to want to sell you a web box, but
can't guarantee you its lifespan after the trial ends next month with the 15
recipients who are doing that for nothing.
Since I am under no disclosure, I don't see why you shouldn't be aware of
this information. But I'm trying to suppress my own thoughts because I can't
decide whether it's me who is going mad, or whether this whole thing has a very
nasty taste about it.
Sorry for the long post, but that's the latest.
Jackie
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