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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:53 AM Original message |
Verizon quietly drops CurrentTV and Olbermann? |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Probably because they knew some people would freak out |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There's strong evidence, given Verizon's history, that it *IS* exactly that |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Say What???? n/t |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. I live in MA and it's still on channel 192. |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. THe comments on the link seem to back you up |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. yep |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If they moved, they did it months ago, because months ago was when |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It reads like someone that never watched the channel |
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digitaln3rd (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Makes it seem like a money grab for Verizon. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What may have happened is that Current asked higher carry |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yeah, it's not always the cable companies being greedy, |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. We had the same thing here with Time Warner and Viacom |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well, if Time Warner gets cute, they're out of this house |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. I upgraded to the next higher tier a few months ago so that I could watch KO. And I told them |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you go to the Verizon website Current is still listed |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's still there...just on a higher tier.. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'll bet you still have 299 channels of pure CRAP, though, right? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I really love NatGeo. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Oo yeah! Also the documentary channel, "DOC"... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I wish I got the Smithsonian Channel |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The problem with that is the lesser watched stations would |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. DISH |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. Still on Verizon (Ch 192) here in Maryland. Just checked to make sure. |
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