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The Music Biz: Something Important Is On The Horizon

One giant impediment to all this is going to be the ISPs and carriers like AT&T. My AT&T service agreement (for my iPhone) says that even though data is unlimited, I can't stream video or radio stations on the phone. I can understand that they're trying to limit the costs of offering unlimited data. What this means, though, is that the telecoms won't let this happen until they figure out a way to make a profit from it, which means--I think-- that the cost of streaming is going to rival that of owning songs outright, and customer behavior won't change.