Interestingly I was in Asheville, NC this weekend and experienced
dropouts in a city not known for high rises. And of course when out in
the hilly countryside reception on the XM receiver was disappearing
like a kid playing hand 'n seek. And all the while good old FM was
steady and I enjoyed bluegrass on an NPR station about 40 miles outside
of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

So far I'm not impressed with and an not sold on the value of
subscription satellite radio when standard FM and AM offer a wide range
of programming with stable reception.