I have had both. XM's audio is better. Sirius has better political and
sports coverage. XM will buy Sirius anyway, because they are way
bigger and have more money, but also because XM Rock and XM Roll, the
orbital broadcast satellites, have serious technical issues which will
end their lives prematurely.

With the current death of the Shuttle, the possible fixes include:

1. Replace the satellites with new ones.

2. Build a spacecraft, go up there, and fix them.

3. Buy out the competition and use his RF back end with your
encryption/encoding.


One of these is overwhelmingly less expensive. Can you guess which
one?