i was always interested in satellite radio from launch. i had no income at the time so i couldn't justify getting in at the very start when i would have.
merger pushed me to take a serious look at both services. the day that the doj approved merger i got a sirius radio for two reasons:
1. while it was a merger of equals, technically sirius was buying xm. i figured more would be added to sirius than would be to xm.
2. the university of louisville had signed a contract with sirius two sports seasons prior.
the ironic part is that at the time, the pro sports i cared about (mlb, nhl) were on xm, the pro sports i could care less about (nba, nfl, nascar) were on sirius.
i don't use my reciever much now these days, mainly because sirius aparantly doesn't care about the stiletto 100s anymore (no channel logo updates, no channel id updates). i'm listening through pocket tunes on my iphone and it is very unfortunate that there is no sirius iphone app and dock in the works as there is for xm. why not listen through the sirixm online app? it requires a 128k subscription and as a lifer i was only given a 32k sub at that time and i'm not going to pay for the upgrade.