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Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> At a typical dialup speed of 1.3KB/s, an hour of listening to
> music requires downloading a 4.7MB file. If higher speeds are
> needed, the file would, of course, be larger.
> 
> Even if you don't run a GUI you have to have the software and
> hardware to make your screen and keyboard function. 

We've already got that.  mplayer works fine with BasicLinux
running on a 486.

> Pretty hard to access the internet for mail or web or ftp 
> when your entire bandwidth is taken up by a radio station 

Yes, there are internet radio stations that take up (or exceed)
the entire dial-up bandwidth.  However, there are plenty that
don't.  I regularly listen to a 16kb station while browsing the
web and sending/receiving emails.  Works fine.

Cheers,
Steven