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Love enjoying that Sirius XM subscription at work? It will soon cost you. Orbitcast fired off a few rumors about the potential Sirius XM increase. Now Sirius Buzz has confirmed our fears.
The first increase will come for Sirius XM subscribers with multiple subscriptions. In other words, if you want more, you are going to have to pay more. The price will increase $2 over it’s current $6.99 per additional account. The new pricing is expected to kick in come March 11.
We are most sad about the new online listening fees. Currently, it’s a freebie. However, Sirius XM will start charging another $3 for that option.
One rumor that was not confirmed: We heard there could be a bump in the Mostly Music/News package. Currently, it costs $10, but reports say it could go up to $12.95. However, this might not be accurate, since Orbicast points out that it could violate the merger concessions made with the FCC.
It looks like I should have signed up for a Lifetime subscription when the chance was there. Subscribers are being offered the option to lock-in rates. You might want to start actually reading that email that Sirius XM sends, starting January 26.
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated.
I currently have three subscriptions, two in-car and one in-house. I was about to drop them anyway, this is just another good reason. I’ve got two Roku M1001s at home that can get all the internet radio I want for free, and will just start listening to CDs and MP3s in the cars again. A shame, I was an early adopter of XM but won’t keep putting up with price increases….
I was dreaming or did I hear Mel tell Congress, when he was trying to get this deal approved, “…there will be no increase in the cost of service, in fact, rates should come down!”
I canceled 2 of 3 as I was at the end of the billing cycle last week.
They offered me three months free, but right before that i got hung up on.
The call center is in the Caribbean and if you thought India was harsh try talking to Ms. Cleo on a vonage connection.
Here is the way, 11,000 stations in an easy to use appliance for around 99.00:
http://www.aluratek.com/product_info.php?display=All&products_id=54
You assume Sirius will be around in March? ..How novel.
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Whoa, whoa!!! that’s a shocker!!!! Who would have EVER imagined that these two companies, allowed to form a virtual monopoly on a specific technology, would have EVER raised their rates????? Not I, says the members of the League of Rural Voters, who claimed as they lobbied the FCC & Congress that the merger would create more product options for the end user and make the cost less to the consumer!!!!! What was the name of that song by the WHO, “We won’t get fooled Again”? and again and again….