Well that didn't take long!

[TxCycloneFan]

EchoStar eyeing struggling Sirius XM | TV, movie and music news | Current Affairs | EW.com

I just added my car the other day after the 1 year free. The girl on the phone mentioned that they were raising rates in March, so I might want to lock in the lower rate.

I thought I was talking to the cable company, hmm crapier service for a higher cost.

 

[tman24]

raising prices is really going to kill them. i dont think i will renew once my year is over. but it doesnt seem like they are going to make it that long anyway.

 

[cmoneyr]

Whoever thought it was a good business model to make people pay for radio?

 

[cigaretteman]

My Sirius hasn't been working for a month in my car. It gives me a toll free number and says to call Sirius, but all I ever get is a busy signal!

 

[tman24]

Whoever thought it was a good business model to make people pay for radio?

Who thought it was a good idea to have more commercials than actual music?

I can't stand regular radio after getting xm.

 

[TxCycloneFan]

Whoever thought it was a good business model to make people pay for radio?

The cable companies I guess. Do you pay for TV?

 

[cmoneyr]

The cable companies I guess. Do you pay for TV?

The cable companies thought it was good to pay for radio? Sure thing Tex.

 

[huntt26]

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[dmclone]

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Does this work good going down the road at 80mph?/

 

[cmoneyr]

If it's on your phone it wouldn't matter...

 

[TxCycloneFan]

The cable companies thought it was good to pay for radio? Sure thing Tex.

TV is free, but you pay to have the cable company provide it for you.

I thought we were talking about models here.

Try to keep up.

 

[acrozier22]

It sounds like they are just putting pressure on Dish Network to buy them out. Sirius XM will be around for awhile.

 

[tman24]

Also audio sounds like **** coming from my phone.

 

[cmoneyr]

TV is free, but you pay to have the cable company provide it for you.

I thought we were talking about models here.

Try to keep up.

I built a model of a plane once.

 

[aeroclone]

If it's on your phone it wouldn't matter...

I really hope you aren't missing the fact that there is a huge jump in quality for XM on a car stereo vs a web stream on a phone, even if you did have you phone connected to your car's system.

Not to mention the issue of cellular data coverage vs satellite radio. When I get out on the open road, I always have satellite radio, cell phone signal, umm, not so much.

 

[tman24]

Expecially in middle of nowhere Minnesota.

 

[cycopath25]

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The kids station is interesting. It's pop songs. I am assuming it is just regular songs that are clean. (atleast I hope so)

 

[clones26]

Good thing my XM was paid in advance for 3 years in November

 

[cmoneyr]

Good thing my XM was paid in advance for 3 years in November

That is until they shut it down and don't issue refunds! tongue:

 

[matmann22]

Do you really think they are going to shut the doors permanently ?

They are either going to get a government bailout or they are going to go through bankruptcy and screw the stockholders and to a lesser extent the bondholders. Once through bankruptcy, they will have a lot less debt which seems to be what is weighting them down.

Any business with large amounts of debt coming due is going to be in the same situation.

The automakers started this whole load of Bull that bankruptcy meant the company was going out of business permanently. Think what the surviving airlines have done after going through bankruptcy.