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Originally Posted by Jono.ful
I talked to XM about this a few years ago. they said that despite the fact that Sirius and XM are one company now, they maintain separate satellites; an XM receiver is incapable of receiving Sirius signals and vise versa. XM satellites are geosynchronous, whereas Sirius actually orbit and therefore have greater coverage at more latitudes. Sirius also has a greater number of ground based repeater stations and therefore greater coverage. It all adds up to Sirius being the better service, even though they are the same damn company.
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Thanks for this explanation. I'm not sure how it relates to my specific problem though.
I didn't change service or vehicles. Just woke up one morning and my XM reception seemed to be worse. I think it coincided with having my rear bumper repainted but I can't imagine what they could have knocked loose back there to affect XM connection.