> I can understand wny Pandora is US only, [...] So can I but I don't have to like it, do I? :)
> username passwords are not strong enough This auth method isn't very strong, but why shouldn't it be strong enough? It makes sure everone who seriously uses the service pays for it while not being overly intrusive. It's good enough for eBay and Paypal after all. > More importantly, the DRMs make getting licenses to stream the > music a lot easier to get from the Record Labels. I'd bet they're just using a blanket license like radio stations have them, which would explain that you can't chose specific songs and skip backwards. OTOH they explain that, if you add a certain artist and song title to one of their "stations", the song will "play eventually" *winkwink*. Smells a bit like exploiting a loophole to me ... :) > Consumers never see it, it tends > to be burried in their broadband ISP's SLA. But > commercial co-lo contracts are priced by bandwidth > in both peak and monthy numbers. In a lot of European countries consumers are billed a flat fee per month which may or may not include a few GB and a fee per GB after that. 1GB is ~1EUR for me. C.
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