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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:39 AM
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As WIFI in your car catches on, XM and Sirius will become obsolete.
Which is no big deal,except for the guys who sunk their money into satellite radio. WIFI carries the internet,radio is just radio.
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Pawel K Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:41 AM
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1. Yeah, I can't wait for this to become cheaper
Listening to pandora in my car will be sweet!
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Show_Me _The_Truth Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:44 AM
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2. Ins't Wifi based on local ground transmitters?
How would that compete with being able to listen to the smae channel cross country? Which I do often.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:47 AM
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6. You mean like cellphones? They'll never catch on.
I think it is gonna be the next big thing.
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Show_Me _The_Truth Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:58 AM
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7. Two different technologies though.
Wifi is not as powerful a transmitter as a cellphone transmiter is.

The number of transmitters would be huge along major highways to keep service up, and what about rural routes? I get XM all along any route I travel.

Oh well, I do hope that a new technology or at least a new Sat radio provider will come out to compete. I just doubt that Wifi is the way to go.
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bighughdiehl Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:44 AM
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3. Cool.....
Who do you get this from and how much is it? I imagine the signal wouldn't work in remote areas?
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:45 AM
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4. Details?
Is there some recent news on this?

Inquiring minds... :)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 09:45 AM
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5. It probably won't be WIFI
It'll be a new service, called WiMAX. Hundreds of companies are working on it now and it's a huge improvement over WIFI (WLAN), which was only intended for short distances.

WiMAX products should start trickling out this year.
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