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Old 11-11-2010, 10:53 AM
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Re: Sirius Radio

I don't think this is ever going to happen. Reason being, past developers of apps that could access the no-additional-charge internet stream from Sirius/XM had to rely upon the cooperation of Sirius and XM.
Around the time of the merger, cooperation from Sirius/XM pretty much ceased.
Now it seems Sirius/XM is getting even more hungry for cash.
Last night, someone from XM called to urge me to re-activate the XM radio that came in my car. I told him that:
-I already have a lifetime Sirius subscription.
-Sirius/XM repeatedly refused to convert that subscription to XM.
-In my experience, Sirius reception has always been much better than XM.
-For the above reasons, I removed the factory head unit and installed an aftermarket one and the Sirius tuner I already had.

He then told me I could:
-Go ahead and get a lifetime XM subscription (no way! A LOT more expensive than the Sirius lifetime).
-Sirius and XM will combine at the end of the year, making only one company.
-After the end of the year, I could (get this!) combine my Sirius lifetime subscription with my XM lifetime subscription "with the new company." (What!?!?)

Bottom line, sounds like Sirius/XM is getting too desperate for money to cooperate with anyone who would try to give people the ability to stream their broadcasts for free, thus reducing the demand for their pay-by-the-month streaming.
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