In article ,
Jose wrote:
Honestly, when is this ever going to be the case? The reasonable
assumption is that if you're going to go flying, you call and activate
it.

No, the reasonable assumption is that if you're paying for the service,
the service will be available. So you want to go flying today, you turn
on the XM weather. No dice. So you call to activate (assuming there's
a phone nearby, which isn't always the case). "Due to unusual call
volume we won't be able to help you until next March".

XM WX is a subscription service, it isn't a pay-per-use service. Once
you have an active subscription, you are being billed for it on a
monthly basis whether you use it or not. That is the subject of my
statements.

The XM receiver activation issue is another one entirely. You can
reactivate the receiver over the phone or via the web if your receiver
loses activation, but that doesn't seem to be a big problem with newer
receivers.




JKG