Does anyone here voluntarily subscribe to Satellite Radio?

If so, which service and what are your feelings about it?

i have sirius, i dont think there is a major difference between the two. I think that when ever it passes through congress xm and sirius will merge later this year.

i had xm a year or so ago and it was really nice i was a big fan of it

Sirius here. Love it

Why don't you have it now?

When satellite radio first came out I thought there was no way I'm going to pay $10 a month for something I can get for free.
I bought my wife an XM radio and 2 years subscription for her birthday about 5 years ago. A month later I bought myself an XM radio. A month after that I bought a home kit for work. It's been that long since I've listened to any terrestrial radio.
I now pay $21 (tax included) a month for both of our XM radios and I don't see me going back to regular radio for quite some time.

It's one of those things that when you try it, you're hooked.

Sirius, Love it! Get the lifetime subscription, it will pay for itself in a few years... Im NOT a fan of XM at all.

you got that right bobby

I have XM. Its pretty good, but nothing spectactular. I'm considering cancelling. Seems like all I'm paying for is so I dont hear commercials, but even some xm stations have those.

exactly, thats why I like Sirius and why I hope they will not merge...

The merger for XM and Sirius was already approved by the stock holders. Both companies are struggling and a merger is really the only way satellite radio can survive.

My sister had XM back when they came out. It was really nice to get a clean signal and more R&B choices in my area. I also rigged it up for recording on the PC and making mp3s, which you really shouldn't do. :p

I have had Sirius for about 6 months, and I could never go back to regular radio.

i was tired of payen the extra money, plus i sold the car i had it in

I've got XM, friend bought a radio cheap and I put it in the GP, then when I bought the G35 it already had the equipment, so I just swapped the radios on the account.

It's nice being able to listen to your favorite channel during long drives.

Sirius here. I love it. I have radios in both cars and at home I play it through the online player. I find myself listening more to Sirius than watching TV. I could never go back.

Thank you everyone for your input!!!

Why are they both struggling, competition between the two, or what. I have 6,500 songs on an ipod, and all I listen to is the radio. And one of our great stations just disappeared Jan. 1st, 2008, bummer.

I have considered getting sat. radio recently because I live in the boonies and it's hard to get a selection of different stations

Sirius is struggling because of its huge deal they made with howard stern. Plus both of them arent getting the number of subscriptions that they really need to become profitable.

I have this XM reciever, and I was wondering if I can hook it up to my stock HU?

Not really. Howard Stern isn't the problem with Sirius. If it was, they wouldn't have given him another 200 million for hitting a subscriber threshold. The real problem is the nature of their environment like satellite upkeep, research & development, and subsidizing the technology.

Sirius and XM lose money on every radio that they sell. If the radios were actually marketed at the true manufacturing cost, the cheapest one would be $300. Sirius and XM write off the huge costs since they're hoping that R&D will eventually start reducing the costs of the radios and the market will grow.

Both companies cite these operating issues with the real reason they need to merge.

Here, read all about it. Posted 4 Hours ago on comcast homepage

http://finance.comcast.net/www/news.html?x=http://absorigins.comcast.net/data/news/2008/03/24/919552.xml