Terry,/Jackie
Perhaps you could ask for a response from the MD of Solutions Radio, in
order to resolve this solutions opportunity!
I always like to get the facts from the horses mouth, just so they cannot
say they have been mis-represented, and if the facts are e indeed fact, I
know one internet radio I won't be buying.
Dave
Jackie when I met with the lady from Solutions Radio I did say that it was
crucial that people could independently add stations.
I tell you the mainstream market wouldn't get away with this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns <mailto:cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Internet radio update
Terry, I asked Luke to repeat exactly what he meant to ensure I was
hearing it correctly while I processed the information. But that's what
he said.
Relaying the infomation to Ian after my call, he made a very valid point.
He said he would want to know what would happen if you bought a radio off
them, and didn't subscribe to their newspapers service, as we currently
don't. Ian wondered if they would then decline to put stations into the
radio if you wanted them to, or whether they would continue to support its
existence.
The other thing we don't like about this is the fact you have to keep
getting TNAUK to put the stations in you come across. We would feel a
lack of control of the whole thing personally.
To me, this whole thing has the makings of a good story somewhere, but
then maybe it's my journalistic gut working overtime (smile).
Incidentally Terry, sorry I didn't get to tell you what the Eurosport
number was for the tennis last week. By the time I read your Email, the
match was over. For future reference though, it is 410.
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Clasper <mailto:terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Internet radio update
This sounds crazy,.
They are either having a trial or they are not.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns <mailto:cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: Access UK Mailing List <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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