TSGL: Pandora .. streaming music - another site

[Eric and Merna Bitter]

After reading Chuck's email, checking out Pandora, and writing my earlier
note to the group, I Googled "Pandora.com" and through one of the links (or
a link from a link, etc) came across http://www.last.fm/ which might be of
interest.  (Compare copyright 2002 - 2006 to Pandora's copyright 2005 -
2006).

Merna



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Brunton" <rbrunton at accesswave.ca>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Pandora .. streaming music - presently for USAresidents
only


I took a look at this months ago (6 maybe more - can't recall). It has great
promise and the demo was neat enough to convince me to sign up. And then I
ran into the roadblock below. Given that time span, I'm afraid Merna'
comment "for the moment anyway" translates into "for the foreseeable
future". My guess is that they're not working on expanding to other
countries. That's a pity since it does look pretty interesting.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Eric and Merna Bitter
Sent: January 8, 2007 2:40 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Pandora .. streaming music - presently for USA residents
only

Thanks, Chuck.

Looks as though it could be interesting, but ...

For anyone else considering looking, from    http://blog.pandora.com/faq/
"Q: Why do you need to know my zip code?
At this time we are only licensed to offer Pandora music services to
residents of the United States. Audio streaming regulations differ from
country to country, and we are working on acquiring the proper licenses so
we can legally offer Pandora outside of the United States. We require your
zip code to confirm that you are a resident of the United States."

So, for the moment anyway, those of us outside the USA do not qualify.  (Pet
peeve: reading through all kinds of info at any site only to find that the
small print at the end indicates "for US residents only."  Is this confined
mainly to American sites?.  A lot of time could be saved with that, or
similar notices, posted at the beginning of a page in large print.  At least
at this site it's fairly near the top of the FAQs.  Then again - how many
people read the FAQs first?  I often look at the Help menu first and did so
here because of the initial time limit.  However, usually I reserve the FAQs
until I have a Q.)

Merna



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Neuenschwander" <annandchuck at yahoo.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: TSGL: Pandora .. streaming music


here's a cool site some of you guys could be interested in:   Pandora.com

  it is music streaming
  free with ads
  or $3/mo without

  they send you music to suit your tastes.

  I tried it; seems fine. Don't really need with along with all the music I
already have, plus XM.

  -chuck




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