Sirius Satellite Radio.

[randomness]

In Florida, bedfull_o_books and I had a rental car with Sirius Radio in it. I'd driven one before which had a satellite-capable radio but no subscription, so this was the first time I'd actually gotten to listen to the service.

It was nice to have so many stations to listen to, but we ended up listening to the CBC a lot. Vaguely surreal when driving around Florida, but I imagine some Canadians must do it, too.

Reception isn't so great, though. You'd expect it to go out when you go under a concrete overpass, but under some tree branches? There were times when all we were doing was driving along a tree-lined road, and the radio would cut out. Disappointing.

I'm not sure I'm ready to pay for satellite radio, if that's normal.

Comments

[midsummernd.livejournal.com]

What I don't get is why you'd pay for radio at all. If your car is MP3 enabled (and if it's not you could probably fix that), and you have an ipod, then you have your OWN radio station. Or, in my case, I use a bunch of CD's and a passenger with good taste ;)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Mostly, we weren't listening to music. And while it's possible to download podcasts of shows from a lot of different stations, it's more of a pain than to just listen to what comes into the radio. And you get it sooner.

On the other hand, that's an argument for radio, not paid radio. Really, the only cool thing was that we had reliable access to NPR, the CBC, and the BBC.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

On second thought, it wasn't so much reliable as not dependent on being close to a particular station or town. Because, like I said, the damn trees blocked the signal. :/