Peter R. wrote:
On 2/21/2007 9:10:48 AM, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:

I don't beleive Sirius had in their business plan to go into the
aviation WX market.

Yes, they do/did. Sirius is (was?) going to be the carrier for WSI's
downlinked weather. We WSI customers have been waiting since last
October to begin swapping our existing receivers for ones that
receive the Sirius signal.

I am a bit concerned how this merger, if it indeed goes through,
would impact WSI's weather delivery. However, as an XM Radio
customer, I am a bit excited about the increased talk channels and
more stations that don't play commercials between music.

I didn't realise that WSI were going to use the Sirius birds for their feed.
Seeing as how even the merged companies will still need as much income as
possible XM/S might just feed the stuff anyway.