andrzej said:
riffjim4069,
I am afraid that I agree with your assessment. I don't see many new subs here. The rate of accruing new subs is worrisome. That's really depressing because I like Voom and in the HD department Voom is an unquestionable leader. It would be a gloomy day for all HD enthusiasts if Voom was forced to close their business. I hope they will gain some momentum with DVR and new compression schemes.
I agree. Other than some minor glitches, I love my VOOM service and I would gladly have them as my sole provider if only they would get their collective act together. They have an excellent idea, state of the art technology and a pretty good business plan, but their execution (sales & marketing, customer service, operations, contracting, customer hardware, etc.) sucks beyond belief. There are simply too many people having too many issues.
VOOM, as a company, has amazed and befuddled me. If I didn't know better, I would say they had no serious desire to compete in the DBS market. They were hoping VOOM "magically sold itself" and if the market proved too difficult they would simply support a limited subscriber base until the service could be sold off to the highest bidder. Are we to think differently? We no longer hear of any plans, there appears to be no concerted effort to add new subscribers and the VOOM website if infrequently updated.
As far as the DVR and new compression schemes, I am not expecting to see either one appear until 2005. Again, I hope I am 100% wrong about everything I have mentioned in this post, but I just don't have a warm & fuzzy feeling right now. I know VOOM monitors these posts, so I openly invite them to prove me wrong right here in this Forum!!!