People need to stop buying stuff on the net

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

not going to comment... except to inform those of you that DO like X-mas tunes that sirius has 3 channels playing nothing but, until the 26th

Ugh...don't even get me stated on Sirius....so upset with them and the fcc at the moment.

For about 12 dollars a month, lots of people enjoy mostly commercial free Sirius satellite radio. In addition to satellites, Sirius uses land based repeater transmitters to provide the signal in areas where reception is blocked by buildings and hills.

Since October, Keith McCracken is among the many people who contacted us .saying they can't listen to Sirius indoors on a portable unit anymore. Keith's office is on the sixth floor.
Keith McCracken/East Pennsboro, "If you had a window on that side of the building, that you could face it out, .you could get the antenna out there. You can probably listen to it then. But other than that you need the repeater to work or you're not going to get any signal at all."

THe FCC made Sirius shut down all of its Pennsylvania repeaters in October because of a licensing problem. Sirius and the FCC are not saying when the problem may be worked out. So, if you're planning Sirius as a holiday gift for someone who listens indoors, instead of a car, keep that in mind. A forty dollar sirius antenna extension is available that may help. You can extend the antenna fifty feet.

We are not receiving any complaints from subscribers of XM satellite radio. XM has many more land-based repeaters than Sirius, and apparently, there is no licensing problem with the XM repeaters.