sstatman;172424 Wrote: > Your Rhapsody account from Comcast ... is it a full featured account, or > is it radio / channels only? > > For a number of reasons (some business, and some technical) a decision > was made to not implement support for subscription tiers below Rhapsody > Unlimited, but to provide full support for Rhapsody Unlimited and above, > no matter what the cobrand. (As an example, if you have an Unlimited or > To-Go subscription to Best Buy Digital Music Store, that account will > work, because that service is powered by Rhapsody.) > > So if you have a full subscription ... you can use the full client to > pick and play as many tracks as you want, whenever you want ... but it > isn't working with Squeezebox, that's a bug. If you have less than the > all-you-can-eat subscription (eg; Rhapsody 25, Rhapsody Radio, Comcast > Radio, etc.), it's just something we chose to not implement for the > first generation. > > Essentially, the top reason we chose to do this is because it ends up > pushing a lot of requirements on to our device partners to not do it. > They have to start knowing a lot about the various tiers, and turning > features on and off based on those tiers. It's easier for them (and > therefore easier for them to get the service to their customers!) if we > just say "If they can use our service, they can get everything. Period."
The Comcast account allows free Rhapsody Radio and 25 plays of single songs per month. It is a great service which I use frequently. I suspected that the reason I can't access it through the SqueezeNetwork was a business decision, but it is dissapointing none-the-less. I don't know how many of us "Rhapsody Radio"-Squeezebox users there are out there, but I doubt that many of us will begin paying $9.95 per month for full access to a service when we are already paying for partial access. In the meantime, I will continue to walk into the office, open Rhapsody on the computer, and listen to it through my Squeezebox in the living room. -- Boone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5470 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31438 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/squeezenetwork
