I too am up for renewal once again and I am far less happy with the XM/Sirius offering than ever before.

The commercials are getting worse everyday; some channels have more than others. I also am very displeased with the overall sound quality and signal strength. Is it just my car or are others out there noticing a lot of signal blips and interruptions where the sound just goes dead for a second or two and comes back? Mine does this all the time wherever I drive, and it has only happened since the merger/buyout was completely finalized.

I have heard from a good friend who has strong former ties to XM, and he said they must have switched over to Sirius transmitters/satellites from XM in a lot of areas and their equipment is not as good as XM's was.

There is no way in heck I will renew at full price; I will only consider it if I get the $77 deal for the 4th year in a row.

 

I bought my car used and they gave it to me for 3 months free. Then I disconnected for a while. And then after the merger I called again and they gave me another 3 months free. Then the weekend it was supposed to end they gave me $20 for 3 months I think. Then I called again and this September their giving me $77/year with free internet.

 

to me, it's worth it for the 77/year

The sound quality is poor compared to CD and even FM. The dials are horrid at tuning into channels (non-navi TL). The quality of what's on the radio is OK. The selection is their strong point. Whatever mood I'm in I can find something decent... compared to terrestrial crap commercials.

XM needs to stream their shit at higher bitrates. I have no idea if that will ever happen and work for our vehicles

 

NO $77/yr = NO renewal......screw XM

 

I don't really to listen to XM so there was no real point for me to renew it. I just listen to one AM station and a few FM ones that's it.

 

Then what's the purpose of your post?

 

on the contrary, I don't see the purpose of your post.

 

My renewal is up in March 2010. I plan to cancel it before the automatic renewal so I can get the $77.00 deal. I drive from NC to NJ and back every few weeks so XM is nice to have. It was also great to have on our 3 cross country roadtrips.

 

The title of the thread was "are YOU renewing your XM!?!?"

and I posted my response to the question.

 

exactly. Whatever floats your boat, man.

I personally find that it's worth it. However, your opinion is just as valid.

 

I decided to let mine expire. Got the car in January...my stepdad had had it and it ran out a few months back. With radio, and ipod and cd's and tapes...I don't spend enough time in the car to justify it. I will miss the comedy channels for road trips though.

With my i-simple too...for some reason my radio would freeze up when on sat mode. not in ipod or aux though. either way, it was annoying.

 

im not in calgary there is a very bad signal here. almost anywere i go it cuts out very bridge, close to any building over 15ft tall
it just sucks

 

My bank canceled my credit card and issued a replacement recently.
I figured I would let my XM lapse since I hardly use it. Somehow, XM was able to obtain the replacement CC #/Exp Date and they placed me on a 3 month XM subscription.
Now I really want to terminate the XM service since I hardly use it, so I will call and cancel.
Question: has anyone had XM obtain the new CC info and charged that card without your knowledge or approval?

PS:
I also have been noticing a lot of audio drops recently.

 

Did you call them to cancel-if not they will continue on the automatic renewal. If they do not have a current credit card # to use they will start billing you for 3 months at a time. The quality has gone down since the merger.