SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM
When I was a truck driver, Satellite Radio was practically a necessity.  Sure I loaded up my ipod with music, but the selection was too damn limited and I would tire of hearing the same songs over & over again.<p>The best case scenario for FM radio (when you would finally find something that you could tolerate) was 1 hour.  1 hour of variety to stave off bordem and try to save your sanity.  The effective range of the FM signal bubble was around 75 miles/120km.  If you were unlucky 'Seek/Scan' button would be broken on the radio.  Most radios in company supplied trucks were very shitty.<p>MY favorite times would be at night and manually adjusting the AM reception and picking up stations from all over the world.  Trying to discern their location based on the commercials.<p>Sat. radio offered me consistency.  It was wholly replaced once I discovered that audiobooks could be downloaded (and not cumbersome audio-cassettes).<p>Then as the years passed the variety on the stations offered diminished to the point that it seemed like they were playing the same 5-6 over & over again.<p>Mergers happened.  Personal audio players got better.
I could download enough books to keep me entertained for a month AND have music playlists that saved my sanity.<p>So I cancelled.<p>I STILL miss 'Spa Radio' channel73(?) when I am driving in hectic or tense traffic.  That always enhanced my calm.