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I'll never understand why when services decide to start charging, they start at something ridiculous like $10-20. Start at $1.99 and people won't even blink. Move it up to $4.99 within a year and some people will grumble but probably not cancel, and eventually ramp it up to $10 if you need to.

But raising the price 100% overnight is just stupid.]]>Mar 3rd 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/
Get a friend in the great USA to subscribe for you and have the bills sent to you... ]]>Mar 4th 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/
Anyway, I live in a major Canadian city close to the US border and I find XM reception to be so spotty and poor that I wouldn't want to pay for it anyway. Paying an additional fee for radio I can only listen to when I'm on the internet - eating up my monthly data limits - isn't worth it.]]>Mar 4th 2007 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/Mar 6th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/]]>Mar 4th 2007 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/Obviously, Canadians will cancel their current Canadian subscription and resign using a US address.]]>Mar 3rd 2007 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/Mar 4th 2007 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/
You could say the same thing about Xbox Live up here too. While the Video Marketplace is chock full 'o' HD goodness for the downloading, the Canadian version has sweet f**k-all yet costs the same. We can all thank the CRTC for this but then again, even though I'm in the industry, if Canadian radio and television wasn't so shitty to begin with, the Government would have to mandate that it be carried to the tune of 30% of all broadcasts.]]>Mar 4th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/
I'm not sure how the CRTC is responsible for this as they don't regulate the Internet - it's actually copyright and licensing issues that block these services, same reason that we can't get things like free TV eps from the TV network sites - they don't own the rights to distribute in Canada.

Anyway, I think you meant "the Government wouldn't have to mandate that it be carried..."]]>Mar 5th 2007 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/xm-radio-canada-introduces-online-radio-fees/Mar 5th 2007 12:32AM