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As for AT&T/Cingular, Sprint/Nextel and Verizon/Alltel - they are all terrible. I do agree Alltel seemed to be onto something, but obviously sold out like whores instead of continuing to grow and provide us all with an honestly decent alternative provider. Full disclosure: I'm a 6-year-long Sprint personal & business customer (6 lines & 1 data card in total). My primary comment is directed toward all the fuss being made over the XM/Sirius merger. Everyone needs to sit down and shut up about it. This is PREMIUM consumer service intended for PREMIUM customers who can afford to pay for it. It is NOT a welfare/government project that is a god-given birthright. Had things worked out differently in the beginning, and only one of them had ever emerged on the market, would everyone be griping that "it isn't fair" to the public? I think not. Just because some people drive a Lexus, and the next guy can only afford a Civic, that doesn't give all the Civic owners any grounds to have a fit that they can't drive a luxury car. It's called Capitalism, folks! Market-driven supply & demand...the haves and the have-nots are part of the system, as are investors who pony up money in risky startups developing new technology/services just like XM/Sirius.