said by ushimon :
Even though a big Philly sports fan, I decided to make the switch from Comcast to Fios last week. I am in Toms River. I believed that I would have no Philly channels in doing so. Flipping through channels tonight, to my surprise I found Philly ABC 6 (WPVI) in HD on channel 516 so I decided to look for more. The best news is on channel 582 I found Comcast Sportsnet. So now we have access to all Philly sports except the Eagles. Now we just need CBS and FOX in Philly and we will get the Eagles too. When were these channels added? When I got Fios a week ago, I flipped through all the channels and did not see them, although I could have missed them. Any insight?
Hey Bud,
There's an ongoing thread on this very topic. The bottom line is that Verizon seems to be getting the message that we Ocean County folk want both sets of local channels, since they added WPVI. But like you said, we really need WTXF (Fox) and KYW (CBS) as well - and hey, NBC10 can't hurt, either!
The good news is that this can and is being done in Mercer County, where they run both sets of local channels in both SD and HD. Why this wasn't done from the beginning in Ocean County apparently has to do with the fact that they're using a system based somewhere up north or something like that and pretty much just overlooked the demand around here.
They're facing enough backlash in Brick and Toms River by not carrying the locals, so I imagine it will only get worse as they expand their Ocean County network southward. There have always been tons of Eagles fans here, and with the BlueClaws in Lakewood and the recent World Series appearances, the Phils have never been so popular in this area. Luckily we're getting CSN Philly.
It's kind of silly to go backwards since Comcast has always offered both sets. And, if anything, Verizon should be getting an edge on Comcast by offering both sets in HD and satisfying all of the local sports fans who root for the Philadelphia teams and (like me) prefer Philadelphia news and weather. Hopefully they'll add the remaining channels soon. I suspect they added WPVI since they have the highest rated newscast by a mile.
See the other thread here: »
Verizon adding Philly locals to Ocean County, NJ....?