2. I experience drops in the same spots particularly when the seats are blocked by dense foliage on trees and physical structures like tall buildings, certain viaducts, etc. Dropouts are generally short in duration. The Terrestrial repeaters helped with dropouts in urban locations but my understanding is that they’ve been pretty much eliminated in recent years as a cost cutting measure.
Based on one of the spots I drive through every day and get the drop outs, it never occurred to me that it might be a blockage from physical structures but I guess it could be....
I was recently (finally) able to get streaming only for 6 months for $30 (it comes out to just under $39 including taxes, royalty fees, etc.). Previously they would only offer that deal for my car radio and would not offer any streaming only promos. I have Bluetooth in the car, and unlimited mobile data, so this works great for me, I'm not paying for car + app streaming when I'm not in the car that much anymore.
I was recently (finally) able to get streaming only for 6 months for $30 (it comes out to just under $39 including taxes, royalty fees, etc.). Previously they would only offer that deal for my car radio and would not offer any streaming only promos. I have Bluetooth in the car, and unlimited mobile data, so this works great for me, I'm not paying for car + app streaming when I'm not in the car that much anymore.