I was listening to a religious program that was on terrestrial radio and they said that their cost for being on the bird was 1000 dollars an hour. I am not doubting them in the least, as I have worked in the industry and know about some of the operating costs that are involved in such an operation. In the case that I am familiar with we had to rent broadcast lines by the minute and paid dearly for them, as they had to be of a higher quality as apposed to convential telephone lines. Don't forget that XM and sirious do not own the bird. They pay for the time that they are using. Both services have several million custermers, yet they still can't make a profit. I think that they were counting on everyone moving over to a paid service, unfortunately that did not happen. The satelite service is very popular. It is not simply going to disappear overnight. If it goes broke someone else will take it over.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:31 PM Subject: Re: Sirius Online Player now has AutocaptchaandweBlindpeoplearelocked out. > Hmmm. I wonder why it costs so much to transmit it? I know studio > equipment > and transmitters aren't cheap, but unless they break down a lot there > would > be no ongoing expense besides utilities and talent for each channel that > has > a DJ on. It seems that $1000 per hour would be quite high. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: Sirius Online Player now has Autocaptcha > andweBlindpeoplearelocked out. > > >> highly unlikely. One of the American networks such as ABC will probably >> scoop it up, as they want in as well. With the introduction of satellite >> radio everybody is running scared. Terrestrial radio is loosing audience >> because people are getting tired of commercials and the same old same >> old. >> It is going to take awhile before these services garner enough of an >> audience to make them viable. It is the high cost of sending the signal >> to >> the bird and back down again that is causing them to be in the red. I had >> heard a figure of a thousand dollars an hour for each channel. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:07 PM >> Subject: Re: Sirius Online Player now has Autocaptcha and >> weBlindpeoplearelocked out. >> >> >>> If XM's stock continues to trop, it doesn't sound good for them. Maybe >>> they'll be eventually bought out by Sirius! >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Barry Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:16 PM >>> Subject: RE: Sirius Online Player now has Autocaptcha and we >>> Blindpeoplearelocked out. >>> >>> >>>>I wont get into an argument about content and whether they are bad or >>>>not >>>> but how an you explain that XM stock has dropped $10 in the past month >>>> but >>>> Sirius's stock has remained pretty steady, in fact it dropped below $4 >>>> a >>>> share for a bit but it was up to $4.13. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> On Behalf Of John Moore >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:59 PM >>>> To: PC audio discussion list. >>>> Subject: Re: Sirius Online Player now has Autocaptcha and we Blind >>>> peoplearelocked out. >>>> >>>> >>>> What can you expect from that company? Those are bad people at Sirius. >>>> People just need to learn that XM is better than that stupid network >>>> that >>>> plays songs over and over and features Howard Stern. Down with Sirius! >>>> >>>> On 6/14/06, Mac Norins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Yes, Barry, >>>>> >>>>> I can substantiate that this problem does, in fact, exist! I urge all >>>>> blinks to contact Sirius to get this rectified; I spoke to a >>>>> cooperative young lady, who "flagged" our conversation, to give >>>>> Sirius' Tech Support a "heads up"! Be very courteous with Sirius >>>>> personnel and they try to be forthcoming! I put this young lady >>>>> through the paces of listening to my screen reader, over the speaker >>>>> phone and I believe she got the message! One other thing to watch out >>>>> for with Sirius: They will charge your credit card, for renewal of >>>>> your account, sometimes, without even alerting you that they are doing >>>>> it!! It happened to me, a couple of months ago! >>>>> >>>>> Good Luck, Everyone, >>>>> >>>>> -Mac- >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Barry Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:21 PM >>>>> Subject: Sirius Online Player now has Autocaptcha and we Blind people >>>>> arelocked out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> If you listen to sirius Satellite radio online you will not be able >>>>> to utilize it as of this morning if you are blind. They have >>>>> instituted >>>>> a >>>>> autocaptcha similar to google mail before we gained access. I have >>>>> contacted their customer service and a nice gentleman wrote up my >>>>> complaint and contacted their tech support and they will be working on >>>>> a fix for the problem. I refered them to Google mail's fix for us >>>>> blind guys and gals as well as Pay pals fix. I suggest that anyone >>>>> with a sirius account contact them >>>>> >>>>> The number is >>>>> >>>>> 1-888-539-7474 >>>>> >>>>> Please pass this on to anyone who has Sirius radio >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists >>>>> we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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