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Old Aug 22nd, 2005, 05:21 PM
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Satellite Radio In Canada

Does Sirius Satellite radio work in Canada?
We're driving from Banff to Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
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The short answer to your question appears to be, "Yes."

I'd never heard of Sirius Satellite Radio. An Internet search brought up the following link:

http://www.betanews.com/article/Sate...ada/1119019995

The site states:

<b>Satellite Radio to Expand into Canada</b>
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
June 17, 2005, 10:53 AM

XM and Sirius both received approval this week to market their satellite radio services directly to Canadians, thanks to a ruling handed down by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission - Canada's equivalent of the FCC.

Both companies agreed to follow certain stipulations in order to provide service in the country.

<b>Americans with either XM or Sirius have been able to receive satellite radio over much of Canada since the services launched four years ago. However, neither company could market satellite radio directly within Canada</b>. [emphasis mine]

As part of the deal, both services must produce 1 out of every 10 channels in Canada, with a quarter of the content on those channels in French.

Neither XM nor Sirius has provided a launch date for any possible satellite radio services.
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Old Aug 23rd, 2005, 09:11 AM
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Not yet. They will be launching in October.
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Old Aug 23rd, 2005, 01:15 PM
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Bugs, probably yes.

The signals fall down from the sky and, other than in shadowy parts of mountanis and close to cliffs, should reach your radio, assuming yoiu are bringing it with you from the US.

Sirius plans to start Canadian operations, but that just means adding some Canadian signals, and perhaps reaiming some of the satelitte transmitters. You'll be close to the US border, and should be getting decent reception.

There is radio in Canada, too, of the old fashioned kind, but I think satelitte in the mountains will be much better, other than the lack of news about community picnics you might attend.

And local weather.

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Old Aug 24th, 2005, 09:54 AM
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Thank you all. We're hoping for the best. I guess we'll find out for sure once we're in Canada.
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