SEC Network/sports networks
NYIceQueen
Enthusiast - Level 3

I know that down south SEC Network is offered; however, considering you offer the Big 10 network and the Longhorn network nationwide I don't see how a network for such a huge fanbase isn't offered.  Especially for the Ultimate Package.  Can we please get more sports channels, especially in HD?  

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hallrk
Contributor - Level 2

The overflow channel for the football games this week on the SEC Network will be channel 332 per this article. They are carrying two games at the same time at noon,4 pm and 7:30 pm. 

http://secsports.go.com/article/11455542

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deweesw
Enthusiast - Level 1

Lots of smoke about DirecTV picking up SECN this week.  That would give me 3 other choices (TWC, Dish, DirecTV) in my area.  I will cancel by end of this week.

Verizon FiOS video customer for 8 years......Verizon HS internet customer for 15 years......  Great product will not overcome lack of desired programming.....

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jlpreston2
Newbie

I too will dump FiOS for DISH or Directv if the SEC Network is not available.  Since the first game is 8/28 I plan on giving them until 8/14 then my 6 receivers will be gone.

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unhappy-camper
Enthusiast - Level 2

Tick Tock Verizon.

I really don't mind just keeping FIOS internet and going back to TWC for TV.  I'm sure they will be happy to see me.  I don't have a contract.

dorjwill
Enthusiast - Level 3

This is quickly becoming an interesting case study.  I guess Verizon has a policy of not commenting.  But they have to be hemorraging subscribers in the TX and FL markets by their inaction and outright refusal to even acknowledge what their customers want.  Under the current circumstances presented by the SEC Network rollout (i.e.where most carriers have already signed on and even promoted the network), Verizon no longer controls the message or the rate card and they should have been much more proactive.

HokieDave
Contributor - Level 2

Don't forget about Virginia.  We may not have any SEC teams, but we love our college football.

I'm paying Verizon  a bajillion dollars a month for one thing - sports coverage.  If not for sports, what is the point of even having TV service?

Well, not any more - I just called to order Cox.


@dorjwill wrote:

This is quickly becoming an interesting case study.  I guess Verizon has a policy of not commenting.  But they have to be hemorraging subscribers in the TX and FL markets by their inaction and outright refusal to even acknowledge what their customers want.  Under the current circumstances presented by the SEC Network rollout (i.e.where most carriers have already signed on and even promoted the network), Verizon no longer controls the message or the rate card and they should have been much more proactive.


uaphan
Contributor - Level 2

DirecTV just announced they will offer the SEC Network. Verizon is now the ONLY carrier that is not offering it!!!

This is ridiculous. IF I had a better option I would cancel fios today. Come on Verizon!!!!! 

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deweesw
Enthusiast - Level 1

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/08/directv-provide-new-sec-network-august-14-2014/

Here is the press release on DirecTV picking it up.  Now everybody has multiple choices with Verizon the lone significant holdout.

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uaphan
Contributor - Level 2

Unbelievable that Verizon is the only provider to not offer the SEC Network. What can be the holdup with them since EVERY other provider has come to an agreement. Makes me think Verizon is greedy and doesn't care about their customers. 

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HokieDave
Contributor - Level 2

When I called to cancel my FIOS service, I mentioned that I also wasn't happy with the lack of the PAC 12 network and we're going into the third season of that.  He then used the same line that they use any time you ask about the SEC network - "we're currently negotiating with them".  I wonder if that's the standard line any time you ask about any channel they don't carry.  When you ask about the SEC network, they try to make you think that an announcement could come any day, but we're going on the third year of the PAC 12 network and it's just as imminent as it was two years ago.

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tns2
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@HokieDave wrote:

When I called to cancel my FIOS service, I mentioned that I also wasn't happy with the lack of the PAC 12 network and we're going into the third season of that.  He then used the same line that they use any time you ask about the SEC network - "we're currently negotiating with them".  I wonder if that's the standard line any time you ask about any channel they don't carry.  When you ask about the SEC network, they try to make you think that an announcement could come any day, but we're going on the third year of the PAC 12 network and it's just as imminent as it was two years ago.


No.  ITs the only thing they have officially released.  Normally they have no comment.

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bamafanDC
Newbie

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.

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aggienpg
Enthusiast - Level 2

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.  

Hjneumann11
Enthusiast - Level 2
There are many choices. I guess Verizon doesn't want to be one of them.
Arthur Mutual Telephone Company
AT&T U-verse
Auburn Essential Services
Audeamus, LLC (aka Kerman Telephone)
Ayersville Telephone Company
BEK Communications Cooperative
Bright House Networks
Brookings Municipal Utilities dba Swiftel Communications
Camellia
Cascade Networks
CenCom, Inc. IPTV
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative
Charter
Cherokee Telephone Company
Chickamauga Telephone Corporation
City of Dunnellon dba Greenlight Dunnellon Communications
Comcast
Com Net, Inc.
Cox
Delcambre
DIRECTV
DISH
Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.
Fulton Telephone Company
Garden Valley Telephone Company IPTV
Glandorf Telephone Company
Google Fiber
Grafton Technologies
Greenlight D unnellon Communications
Hardy OneNet
Highland Communciations Services
IdeaTek Systems, Inc.
Integra Telecom, Inc.
LUS Fiber
Madtel
McClure Telephone Company
Mid-Plains Rural Telephone dba Mid-Plains Communications
Minford Telephone
myEVTV
North Dakota Telephone Company
Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Olin
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC)
Peoples Services
Plateau Telecommunications
PTC Communications
Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation
Rural Burleigh Cable
Russellville EPB SmartNet
Siren Communications
Smithville Telephone
Southern Montana Telephone Company
Spruce Knob
SPTC Telcom
Suddenlink
Sunset Communications
Time Warner Cable
Trenton Telephone Company dba Tennessee Valley Network (TVN)
Tri-County Telephone Association (IPTV)
United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation IPTV
Valu-Net, LLC
Vaughnsville Telephone Company
Waldron Telephone Company
Wheat State Telephone (ENFUSION)
Whidbey Telecom
Wilkes Comm
Wilkes Telephone
Yadkin Valley Telecom IPTV
AggieYell
Enthusiast - Level 2

I am down to my last week with FIOS if they don't get the SEC Network.  Sorry to go but can't see paying this amount of money and still not getting to see my Aggies.  Mys deadline is Friday the 15th.  Get it done FIOS!

Jbh781
Newbie
That's it - I am done with FIOS. Verizon is leaving me no choice and their apparent lack of concern is even more galling. Lots of bad PR and lost customers coming from this. I hope whatever deal they reach (if any, ever...) was worth it. I am dropping FIOS on Aug 8th b/c the SEC Network is non-negotiable in this house.
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hallrk
Contributor - Level 2

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

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ronnie423
Enthusiast - Level 3

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

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pinejohnson
Enthusiast - Level 1
Carry the SEC network. Carry the SEC network! Brighthouse, your major competitor in Tampa is. Will consider moving to Brighthouse to get SEC network.
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SinCara
Specialist - Level 2

These are peer to peer forums, you aren't talking to Verizon here.

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ronnie423
Enthusiast - Level 3

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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HokieDave
Contributor - Level 2

Just as an FYI, there are three keys on your keyboard you may want to try out:

* Caps lock - if you hit that, it will stop everything from being in all caps

* Period (also called "dot") - if you put one of those at the end of a sentence, it makes your message easier to read

* Enter - you should consider hitting that at some point in your message to make a new paragraph.


@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