Does anyone have service with XM or Sirius?

I got it in my car. I bought a home kit, but I never bother taking the unit out of my car and bringing it into the house. A second account would be too extravagant for me.

If you got it, why did you choose XM or Sirius?

I justified getting the satelite radio because I spend a lot of time in my car going from gig to gig and home to gig. Since I play a lot of oldies and nostalgic music, I thought it would make my driving time more productive if I could learn tunes while I drive.

Before I just listened to National Public Radio. Even though I like NPR, I would get a headache after a while and bummed out over the news.

Now I spend a lot of time listening to '40's, '50's, 60's, and '70's as well as the Sinatra-esque station called Frank's place. I also have gotten a lot of good ice breakers from listening to "Laugh USA."

Once in a while I turn myself on to some of the other stations, like Bluegrass and Bluesville. My daughter likes a lot of the songs on XM Kids and "Viva" (My wife is Mexican, and my daughter is bilingual).

I still listen to the news, but much less now. I actually look forward to driving sometimes.

I chose XM over Sirius, because at the time, I noticed that XM had Frank's place plus a New Age station. I like New Age music for relaxation. My daughter does too. Now Sirius has stations with New Age and Jazz Standard formats and quite a lot more.

The only reason that I don't switch to Sirius is that I don't want to spend the $100+ on the hardware. If my radio breaks though, or if they have a great deal on a radio, I will change to Sirius.

Howard Stern is definitely a turn off for me. But they got some sickos on XM too. You can find anything from the serene to the obscene on satelite radio.

Beakybird