Re: Yay ... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19267537 en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:28:33 EDT Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:28:33 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19273055 BosstonesOwn :
said by N3OGH See Profile :

LOL.

Actually, I stopped listening to HOO HOO a while before he went to Sat Rad. If I heard Jessica Hann one more time, I was going to revert to my 1987 form :)

Now why would I, the user of a product be "jealous" of the alternate provider of that service? It makes no sense whatsoever. I don't own stock in either company, and quite frankly I don't care. If nothing changes as far as programming (as we've been promised) then I'll be a happy camper.

But corporate types aren't in the business of keeping promises to customers, they are in the business of making shareholders happy.

Ya gotta earn that suit.

Again, I just get such a chuckle out of being jealous of a media provider. Like I'm jealous of ABC because their "caveman" show does better than whatever is running on NBC, CBS, or Fox.

I do like Sirius' "Sirius shuffle" channel. They play it a lot in a bar I hang out in. I think it's better than XM's "The Mix" channel...

I do like the idea of 2 separate companies competing against each other. Competition drives innovation and keeps companies on their toes...
They compete against many media forms now man , cd's , internet radio in cars ! (yea newer cars are coming with 3g based network devices and pcs on board) the ipod , there is so much more then just Sirius and XM competing. They even compete with terrestrial radio as well.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19273055 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:29:50 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19268674 N3OGH : LOL.

Actually, I stopped listening to HOO HOO a while before he went to Sat Rad. If I heard Jessica Hann one more time, I was going to revert to my 1987 form :)

Now why would I, the user of a product be "jealous" of the alternate provider of that service? It makes no sense whatsoever. I don't own stock in either company, and quite frankly I don't care. If nothing changes as far as programming (as we've been promised) then I'll be a happy camper.

But corporate types aren't in the business of keeping promises to customers, they are in the business of making shareholders happy.

Ya gotta earn that suit.

Again, I just get such a chuckle out of being jealous of a media provider. Like I'm jealous of ABC because their "caveman" show does better than whatever is running on NBC, CBS, or Fox.

I do like Sirius' "Sirius shuffle" channel. They play it a lot in a bar I hang out in. I think it's better than XM's "The Mix" channel...

I do like the idea of 2 separate companies competing against each other. Competition drives innovation and keeps companies on their toes...
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Petty people are disproportionably corrupted by petty power…]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19268674 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:04:31 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19268137 BosstonesOwn : If you fear the purchase of the companies then why not tell the truth , your jealousy of what Sirius has done with HOO HOO HOWIE makes you bitter towards the combining of the providers. After all if your provider is bought out you may lose much more then just some channels. You may lose all commercial free radio and may lose uncensored content.

As a sub who has sirius in my F-150 and XM in my Honda (for now) Sirius is a much better provider and I don't want that disappearing any time soon , so I back the merger so that we may have sirius and XM programming on one radio. With the combination of programming you keep most of the XM channels and most of the Sirius channels but move them to a unified system so you get better bang for the buck.

edited for spelling]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19268137 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:36:32 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267184 anon : Hardly...it's because Washington has a bug up their ass about Stern.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267184 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:40:37 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267537 N3OGH : I've got 3 XM subs right now. One in the office, one at home (portable unit) and a Pioneer AVIC D-3 in the truck.

It sill be interesting to see what happens if the merger is off. I too fear who would purchase the 2 independent companies if the merger is blocked.
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Petty people are disproportionably corrupted by petty power…]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267537 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:21:04 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267504 dualsub2006 : You should march right back to the sites and smack them down. I have when I see it, yet it goes uncorrected. There are a number of places where the facts can be learned free of charge.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267504 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:14:24 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267493 dualsub2006 : well, dualsub = subscriber of both XM and Sirius. I don't listen to O&A or Whoie so I could care less about that.

I am happy the way things are. I pay about $50 a month for all of my radios with both and will be happy to do so in the future. Looks like it will be with one company. I fear who would buy both if the merger fails.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267493 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:12:48 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267435 bmn :
said by dualsub2006 See Profile :

Get your facts straight.
Blame it on the misreporting of several technology sites...
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Save the Internet Time (NTP) service, use the pool.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267435 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:05:42 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267429 N3OGH : Regardless, their are a lot of satisfied customers of both services that don't want this merger consummated. I happen to be one of them. I like XM the way it is.

Mel and HOO HOO Howie can stay with the little doggie all by themselves as far as I'm concerned...
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Petty people are disproportionably corrupted by petty power…]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267429 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:04:41 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267354 dualsub2006 : The licenses DO NOT prevent one company from holding both SDARS licenses. It is an FCC rule (rule 25.118 to be exact) that was not a part of the license grant. It was a simple FCC vote to impose the rule, and it would be a simple FCC vote to drop the rule. The license itself does not limit who may hold it.

There is serious discussion about whether or not 25.118 even bars a single holder of both licenses. Of course, the NAB says the wording does ban it. MANY others say that the wording itself does not specifically ban single ownership. In either case, a rule can be superseded by another rule or repealed by vote of the FCC.

Get your facts straight.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19267354 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:54:33 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266897 Karl Bode :
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I dont see the "pro business", if that were true Xm merger would have happened long ago.
NAB is far more powerful than XM/Sirius.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266897 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:52:17 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266867 axus : Haha pretty smart whoever wrote that provision. Or dumb for forgetting to leave a loophole?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266867 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:47:26 EDT Re: Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266845 bmn :
said by DaveNJ See Profile :

I dont see the "pro business", if that were true Xm merger would have happened long ago. The XM is taking the longest then any other in a merger.
With good reason... The merger would run afoul of the spectrum licenses that were granted to XM and Sirius. They need to work out how they can work around the fact that the licenses they both have explicitly prevent them from merging and taking the spectrum to one company.

If they can figure it out, it will probably go through.
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said by BosstonesOwn See Profile :

Another buy out that will go through faster then the XM/Sirius merger.

We will see it go through before Bush leaves office I bet.


I dont see the "pro business", if that were true Xm merger would have happened long ago. The XM is taking the longest then any other in a merger.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266773 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:34:08 EDT Yay ... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19266691 BosstonesOwn : Another buy out that will go through faster then the XM/Sirius merger.

We will see it go through before Bush leaves office I bet.
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