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Radio Is Doomed - Tear Down the Broadcast Towers

JayThomas, you left out the $175 price tag to cancel the contract with their current provider to switch to AT&T. In my case, getting an iPhone would cost me $650.

Reminds me of an Offspring song..."I'm not a trendy a$$#ole..."

Sirius will be king!

The Future of Radio Is Online

I'm sorry but I just can't buy in to the whole Internet Radio being king idea. In my mind, that's like saying Public Access TV will be the next big thing. Niche, niche, niche, wannabe's everywhere, and this will somehow appeal to the masses?

Satellite is where the real talent is gravitating to. Established, well-known DJ's people have been listening to most of their lives (Carol Miller, Jim Kerr, even Cousin Brucie, etc.) have gone to satellite, and popular DJ's are the ones who made FM what it became. You want music without a talk-up by a real human? That's what CD's, mp3's and iPods are for. Yes, Internet Radio will have it's place, but I just don't see the coronation coming in the foreseeable future.

Sirius will be king.

The Future of Radio Is Online

Internet Radio in cars? THOUSANDS of channels?? Turn your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot? What, drivers don't already have enough distractions in their vehicles? Outstanding! Now we'll be able to talk on the phone, text, email, surf the web, and channel surf on the radio, all while doing 70+ mph. Paying attention to what's going on around you is overrated anyway.

Regardless, and quite frankly, CONTENT IS KING as someone else mentioned on another thread. I don't care if you offer me a million channels, crap is still crap, no matter how high it's piled. I haven't listened to FM radio at all since I subscribed to Sirius 3 years ago, and made-to-order Internet radio "stations" are best suited for eclectic musical tastes, a very small niche market at best.

Everyone I know who subscribes to Sirius absolutely raves about the service, and I am (obviously) no exception. It is simply a superior product, and if the goddam government would get out of the way and let the free market work, the results will most certainly bear me out.