I bought Sirius stock and a Sirius satelite radio unit today. A starmate plug and play unit for $99 and a $50 rebate. Then I got the home kit for $39.99 but at radioshack, since I bought the radio + homekit together I got $25 off. So the whole thing was $114.99 and when I pay for 6 months of service ($74.99) I get the $50 rebate, not too bad. Good songs so far, garbage, weezer, stereo mcs from the hackers soundtrack =) etc...

Let me explain why I took sirius over XM.

1.) Clear channel owns a big part of XM. They are the ones who fucked up radio in the first place.

2.) Sirius signed Adam Curry to do a 4 hour podcast show daily. I like progressive thinking and a big company supporting podcasting is ++

3.) Subscribers can stream all 100+ stations online for free.

4.) Every NFL game. Wow.

5.) Commercial free.

6.) Uncensored.

7.) Howard Stern in january 2006. Now I don't listen to stern, but the fact that it's free rocks. Especially since XM charges extra for the comparable opie&anthony show. Sirius doesn't nickel and dime it's subscribers.

8.) CNBC channel means I can listen to jim cramer's Mad Money in my car. w00t.

9.) I saw sirius's CEO on mad money and I like the directiong he's taking the company.

10.) You can get a lifetime subscription (a la tivo) for $499, xm doesn't offer this, although they probably should.


So anyways, if your looking @ satelite radio, I would suggest sirius over XM. And yes I have listened to both. XM is looking to get their ass kicked by sirius, seriously.

--Chris Falco




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