Re: Weather Channel petition
Posted by:
MHJ79
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Date: July 17, 2017 06:59AM
Unless 1) Verizon and the owners of The Weather Channel come to a financial agreement with price low enough for Verizon to accept, 2) people leave FIOS en mass because of the TWC which not happened since 2015 two years ago, or 3) Verizon gets a lot of negative media advertising because of it (think of United Airlines dragging the doctor off the full plane), very unlikely its going to happen. If you petition, one angle to try is Verizon has ala carte pricing to some extent which is popular, but also similar to movie and sports channel packages, have one with the TWC as an optional add-on.
One option for you if like the speed of FIOS, keep it for Internet, but go elsewhere for your cable TV service which has the TWC. Depending on your home's wiring, it can be done as I had it done at a previous place I lived in Fairfax County with one outlet for TV and another for Internet (at the time several years ago, reasons other than the TWC, but that is off topic). The technicians doing the install not crazy about it, but more understanding if they find out why you want it done. Also you will pay more by not bundling services with one provider.