Sirius XM Radio will implement higher base prices for some services

[FoBoT]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/14/us-siriusxm-idUSTRE78D63B20110914

Sirius XM said it will increase the base price of Sirius and XM Select to $14.49 from $12.95 a month and will adjust prices on many other programing packages from January 1.

 

[blackdogdeek]

so glad we bought the lifetime subscription.

 

[boomhower]

I dropped them. It just got to be to expensive. By the time they add fees and taxes it's pushing $20 a month. For that much streaming pandora, slacker, and last.fm for free is good enough.

 

[ultimatebob]

I dropped them. It just got to be to expensive. By the time they add fees and taxes it's pushing $20 a month. For that much streaming pandora, slacker, and last.fm for free is good enough.

Sadly, the free version of Pandora sucks now over a cellular connection. Songs take forever to load now (even with low quality mode), and then often stop playing half way through. I wouldn't be surprised if the issue was caused by all of the video ads that they're downloading in between songs now, since it used to work just fine during my commute.

 

[MetalMat]

Eh they are always offering 5 or 6 month deals if you call up to cancel.

 

[FoBoT]

Eh they are always offering 5 or 6 month deals if you call up to cancel.

i pay quarterly for 2 radios, i did get a free quarter last year that way

 

[shortylickens]

The last time I used XM was in 2006 at the top of a mountain. Last time I needed it too. With the advent of large capacity flash memory I fail to see the need for paid music subscriptions these days. Amazon has dirt cheap DRM-free music by the truckoad.

 

[FoBoT]

With the advent of large capacity flash memory I fail to see the need for paid music subscriptions these days. Amazon has dirt cheap DRM-free music by the truckoad.

about 50-75% of the time i am listening to XM it isn't music content, there is a lot of talk radio, news and sports available

but most people don't have 2 hours daily commute to kill

 

[shortylickens]

about 50-75% of the time i am listening to XM it isn't music content, there is a lot of talk radio, news and sports available

but most people don't have 2 hours daily commute to kill

OK, you got me there.
If you need sports and shit to help with long daily trips then I guess it could be worth it after a while.

 

[lupi]

would buy a lifetime if they had them on sale again for about 50% off, till then mine remains off.