Were from the goverment and here to help you...

[Birkoff]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font size="4">Sirius to charge less than $26/month post merger</font></strong> </p><p>&nbsp;By Rachelle Younglai <br />Wed Mar 7, 10:14 PM ET<br />&nbsp;</p><p><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Wednesday tried to clear up confusion over the cost of its service after buying rival XM Satellite Radio Inc. by telling lawmakers that it would be less than $25.90, the price of two services combined.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />&quot;If our merger is approved, we will offer consumers a much more attractive choice -- the best of each service on one radio at a price well below the cost of the two services today,&quot; Sirius Chief Executive Mel Karmazin told a House telecommunications subcommittee hearing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Got to give Mel credit for having balls....let's say they price it at $20...that would pay for</p><p>Howie &amp; Opra and we'd get the privellege of listening to them at a premium price of</p><p>$7.&nbsp; And does anyone really listen to Football or Baseball on XM?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Birkoff</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[johnniewalker]

I love the baseball on long trips.&nbsp; Its worth it to hear uecker.&nbsp; I cannot see paying more than i pay now for radio though.&nbsp; 26 a month is crazy talk.

[sailor]

<strong>johnniewalker</strong> wrote:<br />I love the baseball on long trips. Its worth it to hear uecker. I cannot see paying more than i pay now for radio though. 26 a month is crazy talk.<p>&nbsp;<font size="2">baseball is built for radio.&nbsp; football, it'd be nice to hear raider games, but i'd be more likely to just go to a bar with directv.<br /></font></p>

[feralBoy]

This is exactly why a merger shouldn't be allowed.&nbsp;

[pennington]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />This is exactly why a merger shouldn't be allowed.&nbsp; <p>Agreed. Mel is being way too cutsie on this.</p><p>This merger&nbsp;is just a way to increase subscribers and rates.&nbsp;Sirius is in the position it is in because of bad management, why should XM subscribers have to bail them out?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Dan G]

<strong>Birkoff</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;And does anyone really listen to Football or Baseball on XM?</p><p>I listen to every Bucs game throughout the season. I live in an apartment that doesn't face the southern sky, so satellite TV is not an option. When the BUCS don't have a nationally televised game, I listen to them on my Sirius.</p><p>I also listen to a lot of soccer games as well.&nbsp;</p>

[burrben]

i'm scared

[King Hippos Bandaid]

<strong>burrben</strong> wrote:<br />i'm scared <p>I second that&nbsp; </p><p>R &amp; F from 6-9 Free FM&nbsp; ,&nbsp;&nbsp; whew</p>

[Recyclerz]

<p>Don't panic - yet.</p><font size="2"><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/08/technology/bc.xm.sirius.congress.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote"><font size="1">http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/08/technology/bc.xm.sirius.congress.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote</font></a></p><p><font face="courier new,courier">Money quote: &quot;There was some confusion on what we said about pricing,&quot; he said, pointing out that an XM or Sirius subscriber paying the $12.95 fee per month would not pay more for the same service after the merger.</font></p></font><p>Mel Karmazin isn't a dope.&nbsp; He knows that it will be politically sensitive to get approval for this merger.&nbsp; Expect pretty decent deals for the first year or two, then the price creep will start.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>