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I was just wondering what experiences any of you have had with Verizon and the Big Ten Network.. here is a response my friend recieved from the BTN after he complained about the coverage..

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An excerpt from his email: "I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and I am a die-hard Penn State fan and an alumni. I switched to Verizon FiOS TV prior to the beginning of the football season, with one of the prominent reasons being to have Big Ten Network to watch the Penn state games covered on BTN this year. This week, Temple vs PSU was supposed to be playing in my market area based on the coverage map, however when I entered my zip code and carrier on this site, I was informed that my featured game would be Troy at tOSU. To complicate things even more, the game that is ACTUALLY aired on Saturday, September 20 was neither, it was Central Michigan at Purdue."

 

Their Response: "Thank you for your email regarding Verizon FiOS and the Big Ten
Network.  The Big Ten Network makes all games available to Verizon,
however, Verizon is unable to carry more than one game at a time
during weeks in which the network airs multiple games simultaneously,
furthermore, Verizon does not have the technological ability to
regionalize our game offerings.  Verizon may select which game it will
offer and that particular game will then be delivered to all Verizon
customers nationwide (the game Verizon chooses may not necessarily be
the Big Ten Network's "main" game as evidence this week by their
selection of Central Michigan vs. Purdue).  Please contact Verizon
directly if you have further questions regarding the game selection.

Thank you for the e-mail. – Big Ten Network"

 

I was about to shell out the money for Fios and it's supposed great service but it seems rediculous that they could only show one game, and I heard that in the Philly area through Fios, the BTN is pixellated and choppy at best.  With all of the posts here over the weekend about coverage and overflow channels for the BTN, I felt the need to share the info even though it might rehash old posts..  I know it's old news that a lot of people aren't fans of the BTN.. I agree.  It would have been better to not create the network at all and show games on local channels or ESPN ocho. 

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I think the BTN was a great idea, it was just pushed ahead to quickly. Issues like this should have been ironed out months ago. I realize how tough it is for some football fans, but I love that every basketball game is now on TV in the Pittsburgh area. I also like the game replays during the week, and the “Greatest Games” program. I think the BTN is a great experiment that people need to give more time.

God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...

by Adam Bittner on Sep 24, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Can you imagine...

…being a Penn State fan living in Philadelphia and listenting to somebody tell you that the PSU/Temple game was not selected to air in your area. Cable blows.

"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008

by jesse. on Sep 25, 2008 9:16 AM EDT reply actions  

This is dissapointing

I was really looking forward to making the switch from Comcast once they put this in DC, now I’m not so sure. “Verizon is unable to carry more than one game at a time” is a total dagger and, honestly, totally unacceptable…how did the BTN even agree to terms if they knew Verizon wasn’t going to actually buy the whole package?

by KevinHD on Sep 25, 2008 10:02 AM EDT reply actions  

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