In Central New York State Verizon uses Channel 1 and 501 (HD) to broadcast Syracuse University Basketball games. The feed is through a contract with Time Warner who owns the broadcast rights but was forced several years ago to contract with Verizon to allow them to carry the games.
The program guide shows the games each time they are on. However the games always start 5 minutes to 30 minutes after the scheduled time (viewers see the Verizon logo during that time and miss much of the game). The problem has been reported repeatedly and nothing ever changes. This is at least the 3rd year I have been a subscriber and it happens every year.
Does Verizon want to lose many of their customers. I will be switching back to Time Warner for my services if the problem isn't rectified. While I like FIOS this problem is a deal breaker and Verizon doesn't seem to care. Each time the problem has to be reported means I spend another 1/2 hour on the phone trying to get through to someone which never seems to do any good.
I have checked with Time Warner and the problem is apparently just someone at Verizon not doing their job to turn the feed on at the proper time.
Last chance for Verizon to fix this if they want to keep me as a subscriber.
