SiriusXM?
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We have it in my wife's Jeep...no idea what the plan is. It's worth it for us as it is very easy to get out of traditional radio range driving in New Mexico. The Jeep is also the road tripper so it comes in handy there as well. We also do a lot of camping in the mountains where traditional radio won't come through...so handy there as well.
We also have a receiver that we can use in the house with the subscription, but we rarely do...0 -
I got a free 3 month trial when I bought my car- it was a raging disappointment.
Clarity was garbage- and the selection wasn't anything close to what I thought it would me.
I have Apple Music & store all my music in the cloud, if I'm going on a road trip I'll download a few albums to my phone and use them.1 -
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I used to have it. I canceled it and now I just bluetooth my phone to my radio and stream Pandora. It really doesn't use as much data as I thought it would.0
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I have it and love it. We travel a lot and get bad reception from local radio, so it's definitely worth it to me.0
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I have it. Have had it since 2006. I drive a lot for work so I couldn't imagine not having it. I just hate having to call every time my "promotional" plan is up to renegotiate. I just had to yesterday. I did the 6 month plan for 2 cars for $108 (that was taxes and fees). Ends up being about $9/month/car0
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I'll check out Pandora too, but I'm tech illiterate so have no idea how to even set any of it up. Also have very limited data.0
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GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »Are you sirius right now? Just use pandora or spotify.
What if there's no service? You can travel huge swaths of the southwest US with 0g and maybe one bar on your phone.0 -
I got a lifetime subscription to Sirius a long time ago. I'll admit, it's not as great for music if you have a widely varying taste but the selections are OK. I mainly listen to news and sports on it but pop on the some music when I'm in the mood. The good thing is that it categorizes the music types so I can easily choose the type of music I want to listen to at any given moment. However, you only get what the radio providers want to play, which leaves out a lot of music that you might like but isn't what radio providers think is good or top of the charts at the time. I'm able to play it in my office so that's a benefit, but I can do that with Pandora on WiFi too. Apps like Pandora or Spotify may give you more of what you want, so if you have a USB/Bluetooth connection to your car audio, that might work better for you if you aren't to concerned about data usage. Good thing about Sirius though is that it is satellite and you'll typically get what you want no matter where you are, except in places with a lot of overhead coverage like trees and bridges or tunnels that block the signal.0
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_Sugar_interrupted wrote: »I got a free 3 month trial when I bought my car- it was a raging disappointment.
Clarity was garbage- and the selection wasn't anything close to what I thought it would me.
I have Apple Music & store all my music in the cloud, if I'm going on a road trip I'll download a few albums to my phone and use them.
Yeah, the free trial is only a handful of pre-selected stations. I, too, was disappointed.
However, my husband has had it for a long time so we added my car to the account. I don't know what plan we have, but it's $40/month. It was nice to have when we drove across the country twice.0 -
GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »Are you sirius right now? Just use pandora or spotify.
What if there's no service? You can travel huge swaths of the southwest US with 0g and maybe one bar on your phone.
You should switch to Verizon...it's the nations most reliable network.
Can you hear me now?
Lol...I am on Verizon for that very reason...other providers have way more dead zones...Sprint won't even work from my office which is just on the outskirts of Albuquerque...but this is still the desert southwest we're talking about...plenty of dead space out there regardless of carrier.0 -
It was pretty cool 10 years ago, before streaming services0
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_dracarys_ wrote: »_Sugar_interrupted wrote: »I got a free 3 month trial when I bought my car- it was a raging disappointment.
Clarity was garbage- and the selection wasn't anything close to what I thought it would me.
I have Apple Music & store all my music in the cloud, if I'm going on a road trip I'll download a few albums to my phone and use them.
Yeah, the free trial is only a handful of pre-selected stations. I, too, was disappointed.
However, my husband has had it for a long time so we added my car to the account. I don't know what plan we have, but it's $40/month. It was nice to have when we drove across the country twice.
$40/month for 2 cars is a lot. Tell him call and threaten to cancel and they will give him some promotional price. I have to do it every 6months-1yr depending on what plan I go with.1 -
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GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »Are you sirius right now? Just use pandora or spotify.
What if there's no service? You can travel huge swaths of the southwest US with 0g and maybe one bar on your phone.
You should switch to Verizon...it's the nations most reliable network.
Can you hear me now?
Lol...I am on Verizon for that very reason...other providers have way more dead zones...Sprint won't even work from my office which is just on the outskirts of Albuquerque...but this is still the desert southwest we're talking about...plenty of dead space out there regardless of carrier.
I would never travel anywhere that doesn't have cell phone service...because deliverance.
But this...
is basically my back yard...0 -
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GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »Are you sirius right now? Just use pandora or spotify.
What if there's no service? You can travel huge swaths of the southwest US with 0g and maybe one bar on your phone.
You should switch to Verizon...it's the nations most reliable network.
Can you hear me now?
Lol...I am on Verizon for that very reason...other providers have way more dead zones...Sprint won't even work from my office which is just on the outskirts of Albuquerque...but this is still the desert southwest we're talking about...plenty of dead space out there regardless of carrier.
I would never travel anywhere that doesn't have cell phone service...because deliverance.
But this...
is basically my back yard...
with a view like that...you hardly need music to ruin the tranquility and beauty that surrounds you. Be one with nature.
True when we're out in it...driving for hours to go a couple hundred miles though...sometimes you need a little something.
No biggie in the city though...
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When I've driven different cars (not mine, family) that had it over 8 years I found buildings and trees can block the signal. But newer cars have better reception then older cars these days. I wouldn't pay for it but I don't spend enough time in my car to justify it. I avoid using my data plan, so streaming anything isn't an option. It's better than regular radio.
My personal suggestion, download music or podcasts and listen to that in your car.0 -
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I have it on my car and my wife's, it gets us away from Clear Channel I(heart)Media, etc...
I especially like it when I'm in deep rural areas where all they have is "both kinds of music, Country AND Western!"1 -
GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »Are you sirius right now? Just use pandora or spotify.
What if there's no service? You can travel huge swaths of the southwest US with 0g and maybe one bar on your phone.
You should switch to Verizon...it's the nations most reliable network.
Can you hear me now?
Lol...I am on Verizon for that very reason...other providers have way more dead zones...Sprint won't even work from my office which is just on the outskirts of Albuquerque...but this is still the desert southwest we're talking about...plenty of dead space out there regardless of carrier.
I would never travel anywhere that doesn't have cell phone service...because deliverance.
But this...
is basically my back yard...
with a view like that...you hardly need music to ruin the tranquility and beauty that surrounds you. Be one with nature.
True when we're out in it...driving for hours to go a couple hundred miles though...sometimes you need a little something.
No biggie in the city though...
Sir, after further review it would appear you are a great candidate for our SiriusXM service. I think you, along with the 80 other people in the southwest, will be completely satisfied with your service.
Oh...and it's more like 84 people...1 -
I've had it for 7 years now and really like it. I tend to be one of those drivers that changes the channel a lot so I like the variety.0
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I have a free trial and use it primarily to listen to Howard Stern. It used to work at work but i can't seem to get it to work as of late. BRB downloading firefox, maybe that'll fix it.0
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Pandora on the Web plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192kbps for Pandora One subscribers. All in-home devices play 128kbps audio, and mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+. (emphasis ours)
Plugging in the numbers, we see how much data Pandora uses. Streaming at 64kbps will consume about 28MB or 0.03GB of data, which means you can expect to hit a 1 gigabyte in just over 36 hours.
May be different, so watch your data.0 -
I bought it years ago and keep it for the coverage and the sports. I have it in my patrol truck (Im a Game Warden) and my area of responsibility has terrible radio choices or quality so it was and still is a no brainer0
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Spotify can let you store songs and would be around $10 a month. I would never pay for it, but my friend has it. That may or may not be cheaper then using/paying for more data, or paying for satellite radio. You'll have to do the math, but it sounds like satellite is about the same if you get the promo deal.
Personally, if I had to choose between satellite radio or an app that let me store music (both being around $10), I would choose the app, satellite radio is good but not as versatile as Spotify. Disclaimer, I still wouldn't pay for Spotify as I think all pay to play streaming apps are garbage, or at least way over priced. But I've learned to listen to the radio, just like I've learned to drink stale coffee.
I do know that if you share an account on Spotify, if one person changes the song, it changes on all the devices, but I think that is live only. If you're offline and listening to songs, I wouldn't think that matters.
The cheapest thing would be to rip your own music collection and use your phone as an MP3 player.0 -
Pandora on the Web plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192kbps for Pandora One subscribers. All in-home devices play 128kbps audio, and mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+. (emphasis ours)
Plugging in the numbers, we see how much data Pandora uses. Streaming at 64kbps will consume about 28MB or 0.03GB of data, which means you can expect to hit a 1 gigabyte in just over 36 hours.
May be different, so watch your data.
Wow...that'd not much. I DO have Pandora One, but you're saying it's still no more than 64k?
Don't know, that's based off of older info. That could be the case when not on wifi. You would have to watch your data, or check Pandora's info.0
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