1. offer D* or E* a security deposit, or pay a year in advance.
2. try the canadian satellite companies. everybody is so trustworthy up there they might not think to check credit scores. you can get service in the U.S> if you get a canadian address through a broker
3. make home videos of...
Are the dish deals they are offering today the same as what we've already heard? $250 for the HD-DVR and $100 for the 61.5 dish (although I think I'd get that free since I have a local channel there)?
I suppose I'll wait and see if the D* rumors about a June announcement come true.
From looking at the Dish web site it seems like this is only a good deal for the first three months -- after that it looks like regular pricing.
Top 180 with locals = $53
HD Pack = $10
Voom add on (assumed) = $5
That comes out to $68 = no special rate after the first 3 months.
If not you could try calling a Voom CSR and see if they will e-mail you something that verifies your account.
Or try calling D* directly and explain -- they probably won't care.
Do you think they'll release the DVR on April 29!
Sean, you guys ran a great forum here. I dumped Voom back in spetember or october of last year (due to lack of DVR) but have been lurking ever since just to keep up with it all. Thanks!
You might have to wait a day or two. I've only just started the rumor so I'm expecting the ball to start rolling anytime now. It may take a couple of days to get into print though.
But the original rumor never said anything about "and could shut the Voom service down as early as late this week" -- and it seems like satbiznews isn't in the habit of making stuff up.
Oh god, please don't let this thread be closed. Maybe davis will come on and give us all details of the meeting. Maybe another freelancer was listening through the vents in the voom office. Don't give up now. This thread was (AND STILL IS) the greatest thread of all. THE REPORTS OF THIS THREAD...
Ah, yes. I would consider those majors. Thanks. I take my post back, although, I don't think the WSJ ever said it.
Edit -- also, these all say "will" or "have decided to" which is a bit different than saying "has shutdown".
Just for the record I don't think the WSJ, the new york times, or any other reputable publication ever said that voom was "shutdown". There were some rogue reports after the suspension of the spinoff from not so major publications like this one...
It was bigger than marketing. They had a real problem with operations at one point. In fact, I recall them saying that they had to kill their marketing for a while because they couldn't keep up with the new installs. Also a 20-30% churn rate cannot be blamed on marketing.
He could open himself up to lawsuits from investors if he does that though. If he forces a board coup he may have to prove that the Voom business is in the best interests of shareholders and that could be difficult to do -- especially if it goes on to fail.
They didn't say that there definitely will be no budget on 2/1 though. Just that there isn't one now. They could approve funding for another 30 days, 6 months, a year, or not at all. It just means that by 2/1 they either have to have a new budget approved or shut down (or implement a sale strategy).
Aw geez, I think it all stems from mis-information originally reported here...
http://www.cynopsis.com/view_cynopsis_text.cfm?ID=1500
And as I just posted in another thread I sent the author an e-mail e-mail asking for clarification (and pointing out that she was the only one reporting...
I sent her an e-mail asking for clarification (and pointing out that she was the only one reporting Voom's suspension of service. Here is what she said...