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Technology Stocks : XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DaveMG who wrote (2247)2/17/2006 7:17:39 PM
From: pcstel  Respond to of 3386
 
I want to know how many paying subs discontinue the service on a permanent basis yr/yr..

Seems like a reasonable request to me.



To: DaveMG who wrote (2247)2/17/2006 10:47:28 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3386
 
I want to know how many paying subs discontinue the service on a permanent basis yr/yr..

Exactly. Which is what XM's subscriber churn metric gives you.

If you included promotional subscribers, those for which we know the take rate is only about 54%, you would be skewing the true churn figure upward for no apparent reason.