It you can pick up Internet signal without hooking an ethernet cord into your computer. You can get the wireless signal in the wireless routers range.
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look on eBay for a Cantenna, like an antenna but made with a can. get one with a built in radio.
There are several advantages to having Sirius radio in the car. One advantage is that the radio signal is available over a much broader area than traditional radio. There are also no commercials.
Is there a way to receive internet radio stations without a computer or being on line. Is there a free standing radio that will receive internet streaming stations?
You can have "radio" without radio waves over the Internet. This is because popular culture has decided that live streaming audio over the Internet is most like listening to terrestrial or satellite broadcast radio.
Your radio signal works by using its signal to go to a tower and back to your radio (Via antenna).
A satellite signal will be a radio signal. And a radio signal in space travels at the speed of light.
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You can't get anything from Radio Shack that will get you a signal. Some areas have wireless internet; but you will have to get an antenna and equipment from the internet service provider. This type of wireless service works line-of-sight for about 15 miles. Our area has two internet service providers who offer 256kbps services wirelessly for about $40 per month. You'd be better off to get satellite internet service for about $50 per month. It's much faster. Another alternative is internet service through a cell phone. It's fast, reliable if you get a good signal where you live, and portable.
You can get a radio signal from space on your computer using SETI.
Sure. FM radio was around long before internet, and will most likely be with us quite a while longer.