Mediacom seeing high demand for HD DVRs, adding more HD in Springfield, MO
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 4th 2008 1:27AM
posted Dec 4th 2008 1:27AM
While we genuinely feel for the HD junkies in Springfield, Missouri who are on a 200-person deep waiting list for an HD DVR, we can't help but smile at the news. Even during these bizarre economic times, the value in high-def programming is obviously shining through. Mediacom Region Operations VP Larry Peterson was quoted as saying that HD DVRs "are the holy grail right now; we've got three different manufacturers we use to try to get the boxes available and it just seems as soon as we get them in, they go out." In related news, the carrier will also be adding in eight new high-def channels on December 17th: WGN, TBS, CNN, SciFi, A&E, History, HGTV, and Food Network. Might explain the uptick in demand, wouldn't you say?
Mediacom must have this problem all over the place. I waited 3 1/2 months from July to November for my HD receiver in Ames, IA and then find out that I can only get about 10 channels (and no History or Discovery). When I move next month I'm switching to DirecTV.
I live near Fort Wayne, IN and we are literally 5 minutes outside the Fios service area which really pisses me off but that's a story for another day.
Anyway, we have Mediacom and I was able to walk into our local office and walk out with a nice new Pace HD DVR box. I'm not sure why some of these other markets are having so many issues keeping up with demand but at least around here we have enough to go around.
I also had to wait like 6 months for my HD reciever in Ames. I was getting tired of it so I just kept going in every day and asking if they had any and then i finally got one.