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Technology Stocks : Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kovachs who wrote (5376)	10/21/2006 12:15:58 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8420

I am still HA HA'in ptel. Because retail CPGA is LOWER than OEM CPGA. And you still don't understand that. You are the only one going around saying that. The only one. Well, you keep on laughin' boy.. Cause it appears that you and your bunk mate are the only ones with reading comprehension problems, or can't operate a calculator?? All one has to do is go back and take a look at how XM's CPGA costs SKYROCKETED when they attempted to compete in the RETAIL SPACE against SIRI. XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results; XM to Exceed Nine Million Subscribers and Reach Cash Flow Break-Even By Year-End 2006 <snip> XM ended 2005 with 5,932,957 subscribers, an increase of 84 percent over 2004. Despite an intensely competitive marketplace in the fourth quarter, XM achieved net subscriber additions of 898,315. Later than expected activations from strong holiday sales brought the total to more than six million during the first week of January. <snip> For the fourth quarter, subscriber acquisition cost (SAC), a component of cost per gross addition (CPGA) was $89 compared to $64 in the same period last year. CPGA in the fourth quarter was $141 compared to $104 in the same period last year. These increases were primarily due to higher marketing expenses to meet a one-time competitive event in the fourth quarter. <snip> Total net subscriber additions for the three months ended December 31, 2005, include 782,420 retail (includes data services), 114,084 OEM, and 1,811 rental car net additions. xmradio.mediaroom.com So of the 898,315 net additions in Q4. 782,420 (87%) came from retail, while only 114,084 came from OEM. Now, given your OPINIONS. XM CPGA costs should have been LOWER than in their usual OEM heavy quarters, but, just the opposite occured. XM CPGA costs were dramatically HIGHER!.. Now, how can retail CPGA costs be lower than OEM, when the FACTS show that just the opposite is true? Do you have any verifiable data points to support your OPINIONS??? Because by the data that I have provided above. It appears that just the opposite is true??? Maybe that is why SIRI's CPGA is higher than XM's? And so it goes, PCSTEL