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> Aside from the content, according to Murphy, drivers like NPR for the continuity. They can keep listening to the same programs from state to state. Why don't
by forapurpose 9y ago
> Aside from the content, according to Murphy, drivers like NPR for the continuity. They can keep listening to the same programs from state to state.
Why don't truckers use satellite radio? They could listen to the same programs anywhere in the (U.S.? World?).
- kbos87 9y agoIf you spend any time listening to satellite radio, it's pretty clear that they do - I'd say 70%+ of the callers to talk shows on SiriusXM are truckers. (Though they could be over-represented amongst those likely to call in, it's clear they make up a significant portion of the subscriber base.)
- techsupporter 9y agoI have several truckers in my family. A couple of them do subscribe to SiriusXM but the rest don't because it's expensive relative to what they get out of it. One cousin bought a lifetime XM subscription back in...2009? I think...and paid the $99 to upgrade it to "Lifetime Premium" or some such. He's had the same radio, a SiriusXM Edge, for the past 7 years and, according to him, "it's the best payback I've gotten except for that divorce lawyer." (He had a messy divorce...)
- shagie 9y agoI suspect many do. Just that this isn't a story about them. As to the coverage: North American only. There is coverage in Canada and Puerto Rico. The XM satellite are geostationary, the Sirius satellites are in a highly elliptical "tundra orbit" where they use apogee dwell over North America. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit ) SiriusXM is now only using the geostationary satellites.