"David" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 17:13:13 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:

Again, for most I do not believe it will be a gain. More of the same old
crap for an additional investment of any kind is not going to sway people
to
buy IBOC radios. If it were so that they would do so, then the numbers for
XM and Sirius would be a lot better than they are, and they wouldn't be
trying to give away radios to get people to subscribe.

XM and Sirius are doing quite well signing people up. Faster than DBS
was 5 years into their start-up. Over 10 million subscribers and
adding over 10,000 a day. Nobody's giving away ''free'' receivers
right now, AFAIK.

Some of the dealers are giving away receivers, since they get a commission
on the service itself. But I do not think XM or Sirius are subsidizing any
plans right now.