No end in sight in WBOC dispute with Verizon Fios [telecom]

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By Jeff Neiburg

The dispute between Draper Media's WBOC and Verizon Fios is still going more than a month after Verizon stopped carrying WBOC stations.

And there doesn't appear to be an end in sight for the estimated

Verizon Fios customers in those markets have been without CBS and FOX (and WBOC Classics) since the beginning of October, not ideal timing with football season in full swing and the Major League Baseball playoffs occurring almost entirely in October with many games, including the epic, seven-game World Series, broadcast on FOX.