kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Matt
Re: No brainer - merger should be allowed
said by Matt  :Also, how in the hell do you spend $100/quarter for Satellite radio? How many do you have? I have two XM radios and I spend about $40/quarter. No you don't. It's $12.95 for the first radio which equates to approximately $39 per quarter. Now add on the taxes and you are already over $40.00. Now add on the cost of the additional radio per quarter at $6.99 (I think) you are already at $60.00/quarter plus the taxes. Now add that up for the four that I have.
I used to pay DirecTV an additional $5.99 (less than additional satellite radios). I don't know what the cost is now. But at the time it was cheaper than what I was paying for the radios.
And just because the teenage kids that are able to have a car add it on. Doesn't mean it's competition. That's a very low percentage of the overall driving population.
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stickfigure
join:2002-06-11
El Cajon, CA
| 1. I don't quite understand what you're trying to say here. If you think that by dropping any hardware it would make a big enough difference to turn them around to a positive operating expense, show me some numbers to back it up. I'm not sure why I can't leave Sirius right now just because I have a Sirius receiver... Having a hardware product that allows you to receive either signal is great but how the hell does that equate to giving a user the freedom of being able to leave a company???
2. Quit focusing only on IPOD connections as being the only "competition" to Satelitte. As mentioned above, there is still free radio, which is available in just about any car on the road today. As well as more cars coming with an on-board hard drive to store music. My wife has an IPOD connection in her car and as the majority of new cars are coming equipped with them it's still viable competition.
3. As I stated below, I believe Mel Karmazin makes a very good point for keeping prices either where they're at or lower with their a la carte offerings:
"Q: If you're allowed to merge, will you use the monopoly power to raise monthly fees above the current $12.95?
A: If we want to get more than the 10% of the population currently subscribing, we have to make it financially attractive, and there are still so many people that haven't been convinced that it's worth their while to pay for radio. If we can't get more subscribers at $12.95, what would make us think that we can get more at $15.95? "
Lastly, you contradict yourself. You said, "The average person is not going to spend $40+(for the first radio) a quarter to listen to it for there less than 30 minute commute." but yet you still think prices will rise? If they do, DON'T buy the service. You again can either turn your radio to an AM/FM station, plug in your IPOD, play your mp3/wma files on your cars' hard drive or if you listen at home, go to www.yourinternetradiochannel.com. However based on your posts, I would expect you to keep the service since, "I spend close to $100 per quarter for satellite radio. I keep thinking "WTF am I doing?" and then bitch about it. |
