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Nov 11, 2005 | 04:50 PM

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Shaughn Murley

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Originally posted by Pioneer Guy:
I don't beleve the story. I have had a Pioneer XM tuner unit for almost six months & it is compatible with the Canadian XM programming according to the Director of Retail Sales & Distribution for Canadian Satellite Radio (XM Canada).
The best analogy I can come up with is a cellular phone. There are different Canadian providers (Telus, Rogers, Fido, Bell) but they will also work with their American (and even international) counterparts.

Secondly, who said we won't be getting American programming? The Canadian versions will just be "trimming the fat". For example, instead of nine Latino stations, perhaps Canadian programming will have one or two. I think most people with experience with satellite radio already will still be happy with the Canadian programming & those that haven't experienced it yet will be more than happy.

And really, do we need 30 channels of US weather and traffic? no, basically we will have 61 channels of music vs 64 on the US, and yes we get 202 with Opus and Andy.

there's 4 french and 4 english produced channels.
and the XM US is gearing up to no longer accept canadian credit cards (yes they can tell).

Nov 12, 2005 | 12:04 AM

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Paul Niwranski

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interesting. so convoluted. Makes me glad I have a compact disc player in my car too

Nov 12, 2005 | 09:39 AM

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t raver1 smith

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wow. you guys do realize that they are not re-building the whole XM satellite radio network just for Canadians??? all of the channels are the same except for the Canadian content and the exclusion of the US news content......i don't like being force fed by the CRTC, but i also don't have to listen to the channels i don't want to listen to. that's why there are more than one channel.....????

Nov 15, 2005 | 03:47 PM

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M.C. Ryan

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I'll take my Canadian XM Radio (same radio that is in the US but with my Canadian designated serial number) and be happy that I'm keeping the Canadian economy growing and keeping my fellow Canadians employed by keeping my money in Canada. Plus this way I don't have 40 or so junk channels (weather and traffic in US cities) to listen to. Plus I might get to hear some new and up coming Canadian artists (if I want to listen to one of the Canadian channels) and hear something before the American's do.

I don't know... that's just my take on it... eh [img]graemlins/cf2.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

Nov 15, 2005 | 04:06 PM

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defro13

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im sure your opinion has nothing to do with being one of the distributors of canadian xm hardware now would it, no...of course not

Nov 15, 2005 | 04:11 PM

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theboy

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Originally posted by Dukk:
interesting. so convoluted. Makes me glad I have a compact disc player in my car too

Will it play Canadian and US cd's?

[ November 15, 2005, 05:14 PM: Message edited by: theboy ]

Nov 15, 2005 | 04:13 PM

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theboy

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Originally posted by Mitek Canada Ryan:
I'll take my Canadian XM Radio (same radio that is in the US but with my Canadian designated serial number) and be happy that I'm keeping the Canadian economy growing and keeping my fellow Canadians employed by keeping my money in Canada. Plus this way I don't have 40 or so junk channels (weather and traffic in US cities) to listen to. Plus I might get to hear some new and up coming Canadian artists (if I want to listen to one of the Canadian channels) and hear something before the American's do.

I don't know... that's just my take on it... eh [img]graemlins/cf2.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

Do you know lots of Canadians working in China where they are built?I dont!