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Make Verizon FIOS bring back The Weather Channel

Make Verizon FIOS bring back The Weather Channel

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Started by Lisa Fiorello 11 years, 4 months ago
Without any warning, Verizon FIOS decided not to renew its contract with The Weather Channel and dropped it from its programming. It has been replaced by AccuWeather which is at best a low-level, amateur comparison. It's like saying "I want to go to Fiji on vacation" and settling for Atlantic City (nothing against Atlantic City or New Jersey). The Weather Channel is by far superior, providing the most accurate weather information that is available from experts in the field of Meteorology such as Dr. Greg Forbes, who studied under Dr. Ted Fujita (famous for inventing the F-scale used to rate tornadoes), Tom Niziol, winter weather expert who is a 30-year forecasting veteran and previously held the position of Meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service, and Jim Cantore, who has covered every major weather event in the past 25 years including Hurricanes Katrina and Irene and Superstorm Sandy. We also cannot forget to mention Al Roker, Sam Champion, Stephanie Abrams, Mike Seidel...and the list goes on. Experts all around to ensure that we are provided with the most accurate, up to the minute forecast possible. I have been watching The Weather Channel for nearly 20 years. If Verizon FIOS does not bring back The Weather Channel I will be cancelling all services I have through them (including home phone, cable, internet, cell phone, plus business accounts). Please join me and sign this petition. We pay a substantial amount to have Verizon FIOS and we should have a say in what they take away from us!

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April 2, 2017

I have spent hours reading through your comments and it is clear that I am not the only one who misses the actual experts we rely on for safety. I am currently reaching out to their customer service executives to demand a real explanation for this downgrade.

April 2, 2017

Seeing this momentum grow proves that I am not the only one who misses having actual experts guiding us through major storms. This level of support confirms that we deserve better than the current lineup.

Reached 100 supporters

April 2, 2017

102 Comments

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

My dad works for Verizon so we can't switch. I've always loved the fact that it shows the local forecast at a timely manner, and AccuWeather doesn't do that.

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Courtney Curran
8 years ago Featured

PLEASE BRING BACK THE WEATHER CHANNEL, I used to depend on it because the local on the 8's talked, as a blind person, that is critical! I INSIST, BRING BACK THE WEATHER CHANNEL, YOU WON'T BE SORRY!

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Marie Santiago
11 years ago Featured

We need real time weather not a looped feed that goes over and over with the same information. Bring back the Weather Channel or I'll switch back to Time Warner Cable. Having The Weather Channel can mean the difference between life and death during a severe weather outbreak.

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Adam Ebel
11 years ago Featured

I used to watch The Weather Channel back in the 80's and still use the internet resource today, but not everyone is able to be online all of the time, and The Weather Channel is should be a "must-carry" news channel, and should be added back to FiOS TV again because of the severe weather and hurricanes we are going to be dealing with in the East Coast of Virginia.

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Anonymous
11 years ago Featured

Bring back The Weather Channel. Accuweather is a pathetic alternative that does not offer local, relevant information, has poor personalities, rarely (if ever) broadcasts in sync with current, breaking events (such as local severe weather threats) and is absolutely worthless!

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Bernadette Dear
11 years ago Featured

My husbands job depends on the weather channel. Not knowing the situation verizon had dropping them I'm going to have to break my contract and go back to comcast. It's really depressing thanks verizon just when I thought it couldn't get worse than comcast

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Seriously bring it back. It has great shows.

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Steven Bodofsky
7 years ago

Losing the Weather Channel kept me away from Verizon for years.

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