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Digitally Imported is no longer free
check out the prices at http://www.digitallyimported.com/pro/signup/
still free for 96kbps and lower though...
what do you think about this? will more and more stations start to charge listeners? (what if ASOT was to be "pay per listen" 
)
i can understand them, but... 
it seems to me like it was eventually goin to happen.
Remember those free ISP? Juno and Netzero..free internet at first, but now they're chargin money.
I dunno, i dont like it, but it seems that this is the way the world works
I used to love listening to DI, however i have stopped in the past few months, mostly because, when i was listening, a lot of the music in the rotation was from a few years ago, and while it's good it does get repedative and boring.
I still did like listening to Musicology, Oslo Nights, and the occasional True to Trance.
Oh well, more power to them. There are some really really good stations out there still.
yes but they have to pay for everytime they play a song (RIAA fackers), and its cheaper for old osngs
Actually, i believe it is a flat rate per song, so even if the song is 5 years old, it's still the same as one released 2 weeks ago, per listener.
The only thing i can think of is the amount of transfer and bandwidth used by the 128kbps streams, and that is probably the reason for the cut.
wow that fuckin sucks
look for more and more sites to start doing this, just the beginning.
when do they start charging? i hope its not too soon
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| Originally posted by Lost Inhibition when do they start charging? i hope its not too soon |
Hah!
Paying to be able to listen to a radio... what bs.
that sux. i thought 128 would stay the same and 160+192 would be the paid service, guess not. 96k sounds ugly
Paying for listening to radio is out of the question, in fact I think they are quite stupid to try and pull of this stunt.
They could save money by shaving off all the other bitrates. The only bitrate needed is 128kbps. Listening to music below 128kbps is intolerable...
BTW: Way Out West fucking rule
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| Originally posted by diffusion They could save money by shaving off all the other bitrates. The only bitrate needed is 128kbps. Listening to music below 128kbps is intolerable... |
that sux. i thought 128 would stay the same and 160+192 would be the paid service, guess not. 96k sounds ugly
Hahaha Im not going to pay to listen
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Hah! Paying to be able to listen to a radio... what bs. |
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| Originally posted by bassaholix My fren... radio is not free... the advertising pays for them to be on the air, with internet radio, its not the air, but the bandwidth, sumone has to pay for it, its inevitable! |
I dont mind paying for a 160k stream, but I dont want to be paying for all the other sh*t that u get with it, email accounts, removal of banners from website etc. They should introduce a radio stream only package at a slightly cheaper price, people dont want all the other crap. 
don't think much people will pay for di. They will search for alternatives like tranceairwaves. I understand DI.FM, but on the other hand, i don't get it why they don't have enough money to run the business right now. Ok, it costs much, but radiostations can make money out of adverts and stuff, even try to get cheap hosts for the streams...
i think that they have been expanding too fast lately, which might be one reason for their increased costs
it's not like regular radio where if u have the equipment you can broadcast, online radio requires the continual cost of bandwidth
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| Originally posted by ASOT100 it's not like regular radio where if u have the equipment you can broadcast, online radio requires the continual cost of bandwidth |
hmmm Lets get a few things straight about Di.fm and bandwidth
90% of their bandwidth is FREE and donated to them so get the idea that your cashis going towards bandwidth out of ya heads, what they r paying for however is the same as what we at TAW pay for, the Royalty fees, however TAW will not be introducing a charge anytime soon 
They dont have to pay the RIAA dick unless theyre playing music owned by one of their members...and correct me if im wrong but i doubt any of the record labels which put out the kinds of music DI is playing
fk knows, they play crap neway, only started getting the descent djs on when TAW popped up and scared the shit out of em, even now they have to enlist the help of t.nu lol
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