Squeeba

I already pay waaaay to much for cable but I was willing to buck up the $5 for the one channel I watch every day. I called Comcast and they said the "sports tier" is $7.99 !?!?! No thanks

I just have to draw the line somewhere. I pray for FiOS to come to Westford soon.

I know different towns have different prices. What are you guys paying?

Also, I'm not sure for how long this will work but my NFL On Demand still works!

Tunescribe

Patriots On Demand works as part of that. I'm with you on cable already costing too much. What a disappointment, the NFL Network is about the only channel I watch these days. I need to know more about this Fios.

DefenseRules

I did the same. If anyone knows of cheaper options please step forward. These prices are getting ridiculous.

BelichickFan

As the players say, it's a business. Pay up or find something else to do

I don't even dare add up what it costs me for Sunday Ticket and the various other channels I pay for solely for Patriots' stuff.

kurtinelson

At least you have the option to get the NFL Network through your cable provider. Charter still does not carry it.

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JustWinBrady

If you live in the town of norwood, the town's own broadband company (norwood light) offers the nfl network as part of their digital basic package. I don't believe they have plans to charge extra for the channel.

pats1

To all Comcast customers mad about the NFLN switching over to a sports tier:

Just be happy you still have access to the NFLN. As a Charter customer (essentially outside of 495), we haven't tasted the NFLN since December 2005. That means no Patriots onDemand (which we never had anyway, since it was a Comcast-exclusive deal), no NFLN onDemand, and none of the programming on the NFLN - that includes the regular season games, NFLE games, non-Pats preseason games, and most importantly, NFL Replay. When the NFLN replayed the Pats-Raiders Snow Bowl, I was dying just to set my DVD recorder to Channel 316 (NFLN on Charter) and actually have something record.

Sigh...

(And oh, by the way: Charter always had NFLN on a sports tier. Charter still is living in the dark ages when it comes to Digital Cable - their boxes and interface hasn't changed in at least 6 or 7 years. They add channels like TVG (Horse racing) and the Tennis Channel, while eliminating channels like the NFLN and disregarding channels like NBATV. As far as their setup goes, they have basic cable (~25 channels), expanded basic (~75 channels, non-Digital), and then two tiers: a family/kids/music tier (DIY, MTV2, etc.) and a sports tier (ESPNews, ESPNClassic, FoxSportsGlobal, etc.), one of which you choose from for free. That's it, besides their movie, PPV, and MusicChoice tiers. The only sports games packages they carry are MLB games and (I think) NHL games, both of which are pretty expensive. So, DirectTV folks, that means no Sunday Ticket or any of that. Hooray exclusivity!)

(And they just jacked up their prices. Fantastic.)

mgteich

Personally, I think that the sports tier is well worth $8. The choice is yours. 1 had already chosen to have the sports tier. COMCAST chose to move NFLN to thei sports tier. It didn't affect me.

pats1

FiOS internet is ready for Grafton now, but still not TV. Can't wait for the day.

Here's the reason why it's taking so long:

http://www.boston.com/business/techn...tv_franchises/

LaBrady

This is weird... I called Comcast and asked them how much would it be to add NFLN and they said $5. I live in Northern Virgnia. I feel your pain guys, but I wonder if those Comcast reps even know what they are talking about. I will let you know how much it is here in a month when I sign up for it!

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