Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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Zeev.
Both XM and SIRI service only continental USA.
There is no way XM's existing SATs can servise Europe or ASIA.
Sirius is different: that is fundamental to the difference between Sirius and XM, namely the satellite orbits and the need for ground repeaters. Because Sirius has three satellites in elliptical orbits, their signal fills out very nicely just about everywhere (please see the comments of Sirius listeners on this site). XM, on the other hand, uses two satellites in geostationary orbits so they need a lot more support from ground repeaters. Unless they start putting in repeaters in areas such as the ones mentioned by the above listener, their big lead in the satellite radio business is in Sirius jeopardy.
Sirius can service Canada and Latin Amerika but they don't have a permissions to do so.