Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.rbr.com/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.rbr.com/files.php?file=rss_logo1_757997737.jpg http://www.rbr.com/ http://www.rbr.com/radio/15238.html Radio News Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:20:00 -0400 Satellite radio competitors Sirius and XM agreed to a three-year rate freeze in order to win FCC approval of their merger. However, there is an exception, so Sirius XM will be raising rates on July 29th Radio News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:57:47 -0400 FYI-I would pay double my current subscription fees to avoid having to listen to moronic local jocks and commercials. Radio News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:03:15 -0400 Mel Karmazin is a scam artist. He promised no increases, yet we get a 15% increase instead of the 1/2% (going from 6% to 6.5%); this is on top of the fee now charged for streaming which was taken away, and the additional $2/month added this year to each receiver after the first receiver. Add all these increases, and reduction in music playists, and you get cancellations. Mel, you and Jon Z have destroyed the XM radio we loved, and turned XM into Sirius-FM, and the FM radio mentality. Sad, 400,000 subs lost in 3 months, more lost after these increases. Radio News Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:48:30 -0400 This was enough incentive to drop our 2nd receiver off of our subscription and project out to dropping the other in the fall. It was bad enough that we lost our 2nd radio discount and our free online. Add this new increase to the pile and I'll be paying about 40% more than I was a year ago. My extra subscription gets turned off today. The original goes when baseball season ends. SIRI down 10% today (at this writing). How quickly does it go back to $.05? Radio News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:14:55 -0400 Interesting! I just let my free trial lapse and they came back at me 2 1/2 weeks later and offered me 6 months for $4.99. IMHO, if you want continuous music, buy an Ipod. SatRad was certainly not worth $13 a month (or whatever they're raising it to.) Radio News Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:21:28 -0400 Just cancelled my 3rd radio. So now I will pay about what I was for 3 for 2 subs. Will probably drop the other two after baseball season. I liked my service alot better before the merger when it was just XM...competition works!