N79 Internet Radio drops connection, interrupts st...

Just recently, past couple of weeks, Internet Radio stops playing stream after about 30 seconds or less. Sometimes it says "Buffering..." or "Connecting...", but more often it simply stops (as if I had pressed "Stop"), and I have to press the center key to restart the stream.
This happens every time I listen to Internet Radio via 3G (or 3.5G, as it indicates). Previously I was also noticing same dropouts when using WLAN connection, but that seems to have stopped happening (for the time being).
I am using AT&T network in USA, n79, firmware 30.019, Nokia Internet Radio installed from file: "iRApp_S60_323_1_16_upgrade.sis", which was specifically recommended by Nokia for the n79. Previous version of Internet Radio had same problem, but starting only recently. In exact same place at same time, phone receives smooth transmission from YouTube app without dropouts, so I don't think it's network-dropout related.
The Internet Radio is an app I use every day, so I would greatly appreciate any help!
Thanks.

kurtkaufman wrote:
more often it simply stops (as if I had pressed "Stop"), and I have to press the center key to restart the stream.
Why don't Internet radio players reconnect automatically when the connection is lost? Surely loss of the connection can be detected. All of the players seem to be based on the same code written by someone with contempt for the listener.

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