georgia_tech_swagger
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This is a truly bizarre deal. It seems to be zip code based. As in you can subscribe to YouTubeTV, not get any Fox RSNs, and your neighbor 5 minutes over in a different zip code can subscribe, pay the same amount, and get at least some of the Fox RSNs.
To see the zip code differences, punch in zip codes near metros covered by a Fox RSN here: https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/
As an example of how detailed you need to get with location ... 29601 is a zip code for downtown Greenville, SC. It gets no Fox RSNs. 29302 is a zip code for downtown Spartanburg, SC just 15 minutes east of Greenville. It gets Fox Sports Carolinas.
My farting around with different zip codes suggests that YouTubeTV's strategy is thus: only provide Fox RSNs to dense urban core zip codes with high subscriber rates. Everybody else you're on your own. LIFEHACK: Which means if you're smarter than the average bear you simply change your zip code on your YouTubeTV account (you can do this twice a year) and tah dah you get the content.
To see the zip code differences, punch in zip codes near metros covered by a Fox RSN here: https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/
As an example of how detailed you need to get with location ... 29601 is a zip code for downtown Greenville, SC. It gets no Fox RSNs. 29302 is a zip code for downtown Spartanburg, SC just 15 minutes east of Greenville. It gets Fox Sports Carolinas.
My farting around with different zip codes suggests that YouTubeTV's strategy is thus: only provide Fox RSNs to dense urban core zip codes with high subscriber rates. Everybody else you're on your own. LIFEHACK: Which means if you're smarter than the average bear you simply change your zip code on your YouTubeTV account (you can do this twice a year) and tah dah you get the content.
