ARE THEY SIRIUS?
I read the Garmin GXM42 satellite receiver and new weather subscription article in your May 2014 issue. Are these guys Sirius? Even with a $300 rebate, does SiriusXM really think many customers are going to pay roughly the cost of an ADS-B receiver only to pay another $385 to $1200 per year to get the weather data? Further, I don’t think the data—which doesn’t have traffic—is more useful than the free FIS-B ADS-B weather products.
Competing with free ADS-B doesn’t sound like much of a business plan, no matter the advantages. I’d be reluctant to buy the hardware simply because I’d be worried about it being orphaned.