AUTHOR: Scott G DATE: 1:43:00 PM ----- BODY:

Winter is coming soon.. Satellite Radio..

Okay, so it's 79 degrees outside right now. Why on earth am I even thinking about winter? Because here in New England there isn't much between 79 degrees and winter. Just a few nights ago it was under 50 and a little nippy. That got me thinking about just how quick winter sneaks up on us. To tell you the truth I missed winter last year. I like the cold weather. I'm not outside in it for hours at a time so it doesn't bother me. I'm just thinking about how much snow we'll get this year. We always do get some, but it varies year to year. One year we may get several good heavy storms and the next we may only get a few small ones. It sure keeps you guessing. As a general rule we rarely have snow on Christmas Day. Obviously I'm in no position at this very moment to purchase the equipment and all, but I've been reading about satellite radio quite a bit. I know my brother has invested in Sirius, but I like XM Radio's offering more than Sirius. It's less expensive each month and has more ground repeaters to spread the signal to areas where "line of sight" positioning may be difficult. That and Sirius focuses on the NFL (they preempt 17 stations to provide coverage) and I'm not a football fan. It's been fun to read messages by people that have both or one. I guess it's like comparing cell phone companies. XM is known to have deeper playlists and both sites offer previews online. Sirius has a risk-free 3 day pass and XM queues up a few hours of radio for each station as a preview. I've tried both and XM seems better to me. I'm just a technology fan. :) Until tomorrow.. --------