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- From: Bill <ka2emz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:59:53 -0800
And XM is going up in price as of April 2 to 12.95 a month (per XMs
site)....maybe that will push more folks to SIRIUS ( I am still not
convinced as to it. I guess I am a hard sell for this). They state
"commercial free radio" and when I took the "3 day Test Drive" in
January, and listened online to the 70s music channel and the country
channel- the 2 reasons I'd of bought it- I was regaled with after EVERY
song..."you're listening to commercial free music on SIRIUS"......if
thats not a reminder/commercial every few minutes I have no idea what
is. (Thats as bad as the damned 'bug' on the bottom of the TV screen
showing you what channel you have on!).
I'd say thats my 2 cents worth but- a) thats Richards line and
b)everything has gone up...so its my 5 cents worth:))
73s
Bill
KA2EMZ
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>Richard Cuff (rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx) thought you would be interested in this article from http://www.globeandmail.com, Canada's leading source for online news.
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>Someone might have already posted this article; apologies if this is the case. Most shortwave listeners will probably prefer Sirius due to the World Radio Network (WRN) stream. Sirius has already said that, if they get CRTC approval, we'll get CBC Radio One here in the States as well.
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> Don't touch that dial: Radio that travels with you
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> By ALEX LAW
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> Satellite radio is one of those game-changing technologies that come
> along every so often, offering an easy way to improve the
> entertainment service in our cars, at home or virtually anywhere we walk.
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> For the car-borne, the primary benefits include a vastly improved
> variety of things to listen to (it's like going from the limits of TV
> from an aerial to the endless choice of a cable connection) on a
> signal that does not fade as you drive around, and for a very
> reasonable fee.
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> All of this I learned in getting my Chevrolet Malibu Maxx kitted out
> with the necessary XM radio equipment in preparation for general
> driving around Ontario's Golden Horseshoe and on a business trip to
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> melodies, there are lapses in signal strength around the changeover
> zones and the station in Windsor pushes station-sponsored holidays to
> Hawaii so hard it hurts.
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> So imagine my delight when, on a recent trip to the Motor City, I
> could listen to one endless river of rock 'n' roldies (as I call them)
> on one station with excellent reception all the way and no
> commercials. Sure, there was a disc jockey making inane remarks, but
> that's apparently obligatory and took less time between songs.
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> If that doesn't turn your dial up to 11, consider unlimited hours of
> steady-stream country, urban, Christian, classical, kids, comedy,
> NASCAR, major league baseball and talk programming, among many other
> choices, pretty much anywhere you drive in the United States or near
> it without interruption or commercials.
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> XM has all kinds of content and every week subscribers are e-mailed a
> list of upcoming special shows.
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> The variety is so much greater than anything currently available on
> traditional radio that it's literally hard to get your mind around it.
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> The problem is, subscription-based satellite radio isn't approved --
> read isn't legal -- in Canada yet. But the Canadian Radio-television
> and Telecommunications Commission is considering licence applications
> to provide XM and another to provide Sirius (both costing less than
> $15 a month) as well as a third, transmitter-based, service. A
> decision is expected this spring.
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> Consumer interest in subscription-based satellite radio is growing,
> with 17 per cent of Canadians -- about four million people --
> expressing interest in subscribing to such a service within the next
> year, according to a study released this month by Decima Research Inc.
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> The survey found that 8 per cent of respondents -- about two million
> people -- said they plan to subscribe to a U.S.-based service if the
> CRTC doesn't license satellite radio within the year. Indeed,
> thousands of Canadians are reportedly already receiving digital radio
> through so-called grey market receivers, which pick up U.S. satellite
> radio signals already being broadcast.
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> There's no doubt the programming is better by a factor of 10 than what
> you'll be able to find on the traditional dial, especially if you live
> beyond the normal range of a radio station. This you can see for
> yourself with a visit to the XM website.
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> All of this can probably also be said about Sirius radio, though I
> haven't tried that service. You can check out http://www.sirius.com to
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> If you go for satellite radio right now, you probably won't have any
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