"601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in message ...
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: That is exactly what I had in mind. Odd that is does not get the press that Garmin and XM get...
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: It's not odd at all. It's not an open service meaning you have to use
: their expensive hardware.

Sirius and XM are both closed systems that require their expensive hardware. I was just reading in Avweek that XM has
over 800 ground stations to supplement their signals, and Sirius, because of their three '24 hour' satellites, only has
a few hundred ground stations. Neither of these systems has ever made any money, and the are making very bad business
decisions ($500 million for Stern?!).

I think it is odd that they get all this press...