I purchased a new KIA Soul in 2009. It came with a 90 day trial subscription to Sirius (not XM). When the 90 days approached they sent me a nag message to sign up. Cannot remember for sure but I think they used USPS as the transmittal medium.
Almost a year ago I got an XM radio for use in the house than was subscribed by the previous owner. It recently quit. I presume when they load the subscription, they load the expiration date. Then a stream with a date code would automatically disable reception of all channels except the preview channel on the appropriate date for each receiver. I renewed my Sirius subscription this year for one year by paying around $90 in advance. That price includes state and local communications taxes of about 12%. That works out to $6.60/month before taxes. That beats the system used by Direct TV which involved transmitting the serial number of all receivers that have been made which are not currently subscribed legally. That system was made necessary about 15 years ago when somebody leaked/sold the hack that allowed people to alter the information on the access card to open the box for all channels all the time. It was great while it lasted but Direct TV eventually had to do a very expensive upgrade of their encryption technology to defeat the hackers. As far as I have heard, nobody has successfully hacked the Sirius/XM technologies. Joe Buch ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> > To: Internet radio discussion <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:23 AM > Subject: Re: [Internetradio] Fwd: SiriusXM for less than $5 a month for 6 > months!* > > A few months ago I purchased a 2007 Hyundai with XM installed. When I > first switched it on it worked, but after a few days (?) I only > received the preview channel. Haven't tried it during this promotion. > > I think that there is a data stream that Sirius/XM sends down that > somehow "unlocks" radios, but I don't think it's a two-way > process. > I'd love to know how that authentication step works. > > RC > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Saul Broudy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just bought a 2006 Dodge van for my wife, which has a SiriusXM radio > installed. I was surprised to see it works, though previous owner says he > never > activated/subscribed....it may be the current(November 17-30) free-service > promotion. >> >> A co-worker gave my wife a card offering the free service ending today, > which is how I learned about it, and an offer for 6 months service for $25. > Similar to (same as?) what Rich posted; it looks to be only $4.17 per month. > "Call 1-855-208-7128 to subscribe.". Also says "See offer > details on letter"(I don't have the letter). >> > > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
