XM Radio increases fees 30%

[dindak]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/tech...reut/index.htm

[MelvinJ]

Sucks. I want $10/mth, not Opie and Anthony.

[Perian]

I had a Delphi SkyFi installed in my Saab convertible in October of 2003. I drive to work in the morning with it, remove it at the office for use on my desk stereo, and back to the Saab it goes on the way home. I am an XM addict. I would pay up to $ 29.90 a month not to listen to New York radio station commercials.

Note to all...
If you have XM and are paying by the month, do what I just did; call customer service and pay for an entire year (or more) at today's current rates.

Thanks for the warning!

[MelvinJ]

Originally Posted by Perian

I had a Delphi SkyFi installed in my Saab convertible in October of 2003. I drive to work in the morning with it, remove it at the office for use on my desk stereo, and back to the Saab it goes on the way home. I am an XM addict. I would pay up to $ 29.90 a month not to listen to New York radio station commercials.

Note to all...
If you have XM and are paying by the month, do what I just did; call customer service and pay for an entire year (or more) at today's current rates.

Thanks for the warning!

I listen to my SkyFi all day at work too (Rikki Don't Lose That Number right now), but I leave it here during the week (I have a very short commute). I take it home on weekends and holidays.

Good idea - I'm going to pay up for the year at $9.95.

[Perian]

Attn Moderator(s):

Move this topic somewhere so that people can lock in their XM rates for up to *5* years!

Link:
http://xmradio.com/serviceupdate/index.jsp

[jwvrod]

I know it's not allot of money. I just can't pay over $10 per mo.

[gmsickofan]

I have enough monthly payments. Little ones, but they all add up. I'm not going to list them all, but let's just say that I've lost interest in getting XM.

[SobeSVT]

XM Radio increases fees 30%

You kidding??? Get Sirius

[atomicshark]

Originally Posted by MelvinJ

Sucks. I want $10/mth, not Opie and Anthony.

Too bad the rates went up, but you don't know what you are missing with O&A. They make my morning commute bearable. I drive 60 miles to work every day, so a good morning show is a must.
Also, look at the alternative in Sirius, it costs the same.

[atomicshark]

Originally Posted by SobeSVT

You kidding??? Get Sirius

...and pay the same amount? Why bother switching?

[tgagneguam]

Originally Posted by atomicshark

...They make my morning commute bearable. I drive 60 miles to work every day, so a good morning show is a must.

Sweet Mary, mother of God (or is it Jesus?)! And I thought buying a new home 33 miles from work was pushing it. Then again, people from where I come don't like to travel at all. Your trip puts my soon-to-come commute into perspective. Thanks!

Maybe I'll need to get some XM in my car? Nah, I'm too cheap, er, frugal.

[Kar Krazie]

googdie now we are definately not getting XM on my mom's Tahoe!

[SobeSVT]

Originally Posted by atomicshark

...and pay the same amount? Why bother switching?

In two words...

Howard Stern.

[GMFreak8]

This is sad. I can't stand O&A, MLB, and I don't need to listen to XM online, but now I'm forced to pay for it, when I used to be able to choose. This is bad......

I'll be cancelling XM in my Suburban and Buick, and I'll be getting a portable Pioneer AirWare XM radio. XM still has better programming than Sirius IMO, and better Sirius, but now thats basically their only main advantage. I wish XM would have never signed O&A, and the MLB. Let Sirius take all the talk and crap like that. I want XM focusing on Music.

[hudson32]

Still at 12.95, its worth getting XM. I love having that feature in my car. Since I drive long distances, fiddling around with the FM dial and having stations fizzle out, isn't fun. I'd still pay for XM at that rate.