XM Radio's outage

Although the proposed merger between satellite radio companies XM Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio(NASDAQ:SIRI) is not officially a done deal yet, we sure didn't think XM's signal would have gone off the air so soon like it did yesterday. All joking aside, though, some XM customers were unable to listen to their daily satellite radio fix yesterday, as a software problem slashed service for an unspecified number of XM Radio customers.

From all appearances, this was a smaller but still significant glitch that was based in the complex logistics that bring XM Radio to subscribers nationwide -- as opposed to a complete service outage. XM stated that "Some customers are not receiving a signal ... we don't know the exact number, but some." Companies on the bleeding edge of technology sometimes do have glitches, so chalk this one up to that defense.

According to XM Radio officials, service was set to be restored to the customers who were knocked off their subscriptions last night during the evening hours. While these things are bound to happen do to unforeseen errors, were you miffed at the outage if you were an XM subscriber? Or, investor?