I think the ad issue is meaningless. Both services have no ads on their music channels. Period. To me, the real difference is between their respective mix of service offerings. Sirius has a much stronger news, public affairs, sports (*ALL* NFL, NHL, NBA games), international content (WRN with content from two dozen international broadcasters, as well as BBC News 24/7 and soon CBC Canada) and topical discussion line-up. If your interests skew this way, Sirius is the better choice for you. If you're looking for a greater emphasis on music, XM should get first consideration (although Sirius does fine there as well, as far as I'm concerned.)

John Figliozzi

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From: (airwaves-digest)
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 6:15 am
Subject: airwaves-digest V2004 #148


airwaves-digest Wednesday, July 14 2004 Volume 2004 :
Number 148

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Date: 13 Jul 2004 16:48:48 GMT
From: (D Ray)
Subject: [Airwaves] Deciding XM or Sirius ? Here's a review.

Hawkeye wrote in message
... Its not that hard. If you
are a redneck its XM...Nascar and the
Bozo..along with all that crap...If you like sports its Sirius. NFL
and no Bozo...Both have good music. Doctors ,,,,Doctors do it
now do
it now.. yes XM plays the same ads over and over on all
channels.
There are no ads on XM music channels, just like Sirius. Both have
ads on talk channels. XM has more music channels and less talk.
Hence, fewer ads than Sirius.