I, too, announced a new NET pool yesterday with no real takers at 0% fees. A few people threw some hashes our way but not for long. I can't blame them, at current diff for NET, a few MH/sec isn't going to cut it.
I agree that NET is consolidated to just 2 or 3 pools, and thought another pool would be a good thing. It's only been a day. Build it and they will come.
I hear ya. I am rigging up to mine it myself, if I have to. I will just keep adding hashpower slowly over time.