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Re: Iridium II: Is Satellite Radio Doomed?

J Kelly (jkelly@*newsguy.com)
Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:22:04 -0600

On 16 Mar 2005 05:27:14 GMT, Walter Dnes (delete the
'z')<wzaltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:

> I'm sure that satellite radio went through much the same number
> crunching under the eyes of watchful accountants 10 years ago. Back
> then, we had reached the extreme limit of regular modems at 33.6
> kbits/sec. FM-mono yes, but nowhere near good enough for FM-stereo
> quality, let alone CD quality. Besides, if someone really wanted to
> listen to it a lot, you'd need a second phone line, another $30/month.

I think satellite radio is maily target to a mobile audience that
travels. I do 99% of my music listening while in my vehicle.

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