Car-Net internet radio?
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It's not really only $8/year. You need to also have Car-Net hotspot feature to access the streams. The internet radio terms say you need an active data plan, which according to Carnet support (when I spoke with them) means hotspot feature enabled. As a check, I paid for the $8 (annual rate) Internet radio feature during my first month when I had the free Verizon hotspot trial, even though I knew that it could stop working once the hotspot trial ended. Sure enough after 30 days it no longer worked. I can still access and see all the internet radio "stations", but when I try to connect to any of them the radio stream no longer plays. I have also tried this when my car was connected to my phone using my phone's hotspot connection. Still same result.
So if you want the Car-Net Internet Radio feature and you don't currently have Car-Net hotspot the annual cost is really $248 ($8 + 12*$20).
It's worth noting that Car-Net Nav Plus & Car-Net Speech Plus features that we get for free for 3 years also normally have terms that require an "active data plan" but they currently work even without hotspot. Who knows what the cost for Nav Plus & Speech Plus will be when our 3 free years are up.
There are hundreds of stations. You can search or use pull down menus (e.g. genre, podcast, etc). Below are some screen shots. It seems VW uses "Hybrid Radio" format backed by RadioDNS.
Haha. Sorry. I was so busy focusing on the cost that I completely ignored your real question. @Keowee's post shows it well. I think of it as similar to iHeart radio, but built into the car. When I tested it I was mainly listening to radio stations that I grew up with in another state. It's decent for only the $8 you'd spend with car-net hotspot already active.
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