If we don't get the SEC network then its back to dish network for me. This really sucks, and this is coming from an employee of Verizon.
Verizon will be lucky to get this deal done. In their zeal to get a better deal than Dish/DirecTV/UVerse (they never had the leverage to do that to begin with) they have painted themselves into a bad corner. Now that they are the one outlier, ESPN could play hardball and watch Verizon hemmorage customers for a few weeks/months until they cave. It's possible ESPN wants the deal done quickly anyway so that they can beat their chests about what an amazing launch the network has built, but if they want to hold out I won't blame them.
Today was the straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of folks. Everyone else is done. Verizon has their heads buried in the sand. Tomorrow I do the math on how much I can save by switching to someone else who values their customers enough to at least comment on issues that are important to them. I like FIOS, but I've had Dish in the past and I liked them too.
I found this small bit of news buried within this article. It says ESPN is in negotiations with Fios and is expected to come to an agreement to carry the SEC Network. It just doesn't say when? 2014? 2015? 2020?
http://www.multichannel.com/news/cable-operators/directv-signs-sec-network-updated/382968
dear Verizon why not carry the new ESPN SEC NETWORK ASKING THE PROGRAM DEPT PLZ CARRY IT PART OF ESPN EVERYBODY PAY FOR IT JUST CARRY IT THANK YOU
HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU SEC FANS VERIZON IS CARRY NEW ESPN SEC NETWORK ALREADY TALK TO ESPN RIGHT NOW STAY TUNE SOME CHANNEL CHANGES ON FIOS COULD BE ALL ESPN CHANNELS COULD BE IN SET THEN ALL SPORTS CHANNELS LIKE FOX 1 AND 2 ANS CBS SPORTS NBCSPORTS NETWORKS MLB NETWORK NFL NETWORK AND NHL NETWORK AND NBA NETWORK IN ON SET IN SD AND HD FXX GOING BE MOVE SOON TO NEW CHANNEL SOON NEW SEC ESPN CHANNEL IS BE ON VERY SOON ESPN REPORT COULD HIT 90 MILLON VIEWERS THAT NEW RECORD NOW ABOUT PAC 12 NETWORK PAC12 NETWORK HAS BE LOSE MONEY IS BE CANCEL BY THIS FOOTBALL SEASON THERE GOING BACKTO FOX SPORTS 1 OR ESPN SOON THAT WHY VERIZON CARRY IT OKBECAUSE OF NEW COLLEGE PLAYOFF EVENT HAVE CARRY IT FOR NOW ONON ESPN AND NCAA TOO OK THAT WHY STAY TUNE TO THE NEWS OK MAYBE ON FOX SPORTS FOXSPORTS 1 OR ESPN BY THIS FOOTBALL SEASON THAT LASTEST NEWS IF WANT GO MULTCHANNEL CABLE NEWS TELL YOU WHAT HAPPEN THAT ALSO RGHT DONT LISTEN ANYONE ELSE OK YES VERIZON GOING CARRY NEW ESPN SEC NETWORK ALREADY TALK TO ESPN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW OK MIGHT HAPPEN VERY SOONMAYBE TOMORROW OR LATER THIS WEEK GO TO ESPN MEDIA ZONE.ORG OR .COM THAT WHERE YOUFOUND BIG NEWS OK THANK YOU VERYMUCH
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@ronnie42 wrote:HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU SEC FANS VERIZON IS CARRY NEW ESPN SEC NETWORK ALREADY TALK TO ESPN RIGHT NOW STAY TUNE SOME CHANNEL CHANGES ON FIOS COULD BE ALL ESPN CHANNELS COULD BE IN SET THEN ALL SPORTS CHANNELS LIKE FOX 1 AND 2 ANS CBS SPORTS NBCSPORTS NETWORKS MLB NETWORK NFL NETWORK AND NHL NETWORK AND NBA NETWORK IN ON SET IN SD AND HD FXX GOING BE MOVE SOON TO NEW CHANNEL SOON NEW SEC ESPN CHANNEL IS BE ON VERY SOON ESPN REPORT COULD HIT 90 MILLON VIEWERS THAT NEW RECORD NOW ABOUT PAC 12 NETWORK PAC12 NETWORK HAS BE LOSE MONEY IS BE CANCEL BY THIS FOOTBALL SEASON THERE GOING BACKTO FOX SPORTS 1 OR ESPN SOON THAT WHY VERIZON CARRY IT OKBECAUSE OF NEW COLLEGE PLAYOFF EVENT HAVE CARRY IT FOR NOW ONON ESPN AND NCAA TOO OK THAT WHY STAY TUNE TO THE NEWS OK MAYBE ON FOX SPORTS FOXSPORTS 1 OR ESPN BY THIS FOOTBALL SEASON THAT LASTEST NEWS IF WANT GO MULTCHANNEL CABLE NEWS TELL YOU WHAT HAPPEN THAT ALSO RGHT DONT LISTEN ANYONE ELSE OK YES VERIZON GOING CARRY NEW ESPN SEC NETWORK ALREADY TALK TO ESPN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW OK MIGHT HAPPEN VERY SOONMAYBE TOMORROW OR LATER THIS WEEK GO TO ESPN MEDIA ZONE.ORG OR .COM THAT WHERE YOUFOUND BIG NEWS OK THANK YOU VERYMUCH
These are peer to peer forums, you aren't talking to Verizon here.
I have called FIOS Customer Service and Verizon Communications corp offices and can't get any answers from them. This is very frustrating for a Texas A&M fan!
SO if we are all switching from FIOS to something else, who prefers Direct TV or DIsh as I need to move to one or the other..
Start a new topic or ask questions in the open forum.
