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View Full Version : XM Exceeds 200,000 Subscribers...so?

Ioman
10-06-2002, 09:07 PM
http://www.designtechnica.com/article.php?sid=2200

To mee 200K subscribers just doesn't seem like a whole lot for a system that has been out a while and had millions spent on satellites and other equipment.

I think that XM charges $9.95/mo
so thats about $2 million. Plus there are advertisiers, albiet very few. I wonder how many years it will be until they are profitable?
flashfire
10-07-2002, 04:36 AM
Probably when content becomes Ad driven and these SAT receivers come standard on all cars. Very few people (statistically) are going to buy into a system they essentially get for free (listen to commercials). We all lost big when cable tried a similiar model and failed, I'm hoping the US consumer has learned that lesson (probably hasn't). If not, we will be paying a monthly fee for radio and have constant commercials just like cable.
ruri
10-07-2002, 06:23 PM
If XM comes out with a home tuner / boombox that can be activated for like an extra buck or two in addition to the $10 for the car model, I might be interested. I mean, I spent most of my listening time at home or work, not on the road. I suspect many people also fit this category.

But as it is, I hate to upgrade my current head unit for $200 only to find out they'll go out of business a year from now.
Ioman
10-09-2002, 09:55 AM
Originally posted by ruri
If XM comes out with a home tuner / boombox that can be activated for like an extra buck or two in addition to the $10 for the car model, I might be interested. I mean, I spent most of my listening time at home or work, not on the road. I suspect many people also fit this category.

But as it is, I hate to upgrade my current head unit for $200 only to find out they'll go out of business a year from now.

I would be very very interested in a home tuner box as well. I love to turn the lights low, and sleep on the sofa listening to good music, without a million commercials. I would also like the techno station for when I am in the computer room.

Thats the scary thing about technnology, you just don;t know if it will stay around.