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It looks like Sirius and XM are joining.

Dargo

Like a bad penny...
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My question is this; what does it mean for me, the consumer?? About 5 years ago when I first went with satellite there was positively no comparison between the two. Even the Sirius rep told me that they hoped to have as many channels in a year or two as XM had, yet Sirius was more expensive. It made it a no-brainer decision for me. I've had XM ever since and have been pleased. I understand that Sirius has gotten better with more choices. It seems that one of their biggest boasts was Howard Stern. I couldn't have cared less about that, so I still haven't bothered to seriously consider Sirius.

If we, the consumer, end up with basically both it appears to be great. My only concern is that I have a "locked in" price of $9.99 a month (from buying at that trade show) for another 2 years with each additional radio costing me $6.99 a month (I think...I pay for 3 years at a time to get a further break).

Who has Sirius? How do you like it? How much a month does it cost? I'm not sure why, but I've read that neither company has turned a profit. My obvious concern about that is increasing subscription costs. That, IMHO, could be counter productive. I'll continue paying for the 3 or 4 radios I have now if the prices stay the same, or very close. If the price goes way up, I'll drop them all.
 

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Master of Distraction
Staff member
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My wife's car came with XM and mine came with Sirius. AFAIK, Sirius has more choices than XM.

Unfortunately, I'm not a big radio listener (probably because I don't drive that much any more). I'll probably let my Sirius die after the free year runs out.

Here's the rates: http://www.sirius.com/getsirius/plans

It looks like they are the similar to XM. Actually, the content on both is pretty similar. I think it's a wash.
 
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