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To: verdad who wrote (345)	11/18/2002 10:14:14 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) of 3386

Isn't reception spotty due to shadowing (large trucks, bldgs, bridges, vegetation) Minimally, but nowhere near as badly as AM/FM signal attenuation (changes in weather), and various sources of RF interference (emf, power lines, mw, other antennae)? No. I've had XM since they opened for business, routinely drive over three and sometimes four states. There are precisely three places that outages are noticeable: (1) When traffic causes me to have to stop under an overpass; (2) In parking garages; (3) When the freeway goes significantly below ground level, particularly when there are overhead structures. That's about it. Signal is great. Sound quality is not anywhere near digital, however, the average listener doesn't know digital from a dog barking. And it is much better than FM. What are the value added services that XMSR can give audio subscribers? Are there sufficient numbers of people demanding these types of value added services? XM only recently added its first "premium" channel and no information has been released concerning subscriptions. HOWEVER, ad revenue promises to be a significant contributor to revenue.

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