Programming for narrowband means short cartoons.
The tracks are narrowband recordings, light on bass or resonance.
The company plans to have two types of service, Swiftcomm N. (narrowband) and Swiftcomm W. (wideband).
But "narrowband" signals seemingly focused within specific wavelengths may have been dispatched on purpose.
"As the big guys decide that narrowband is not sexy, I want to capture their users".
One analog FM approach, proposed by Motorola in 1991, was known as narrowband AMPS, or NAMPS.
A test version of the narrowband network was set up in New York City late last year.
The narrowband network will be aimed at applications like messaging services and car computers with smaller data needs.
America Online argues that the broadband market is still young, and, for that matter, less profitable than narrowband so far.
Entertainment sites therefore either have to settle for a tiny audience, or to programme for narrowband (as Icebox does).
Even in America, most home-based web-users will still be using narrowband connections in five years' time.
