"Brenda Ann" wrote:


You know what it would take to make terrestrial commercial radio extinct?
If XM and Sirius both had a non-pay basic tier that was commercially funded,
that would pretty much do it. Nearly universal coverage, and now they have
walkman-sized personal portables.



That would require 'em to think in terms of long-term gain over
short-term profitability. For that reason, I can't see it happening.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940