Seems kinda dumb that comcast would dump its on channel
Yeah, it does. But they did it. The conspiracy theory in me notes that Comcast owns the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers, and thus really cares about having Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia and it's overflow games like 2 1/2 hours or more from Philly, but sometimes gives the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards the short end of the stick, less than two hours from DC (Where games have always been shown- We used to be a Baltimore/Washington only market cable sports wise, the introduction of the Philly RSN is a new thing). There could be some corporate politics in play here. Or simply some "Eh, we've got an awful lot of RSNs now in the market (4), maybe one will charge us less if we cut their alternate channel (Even though they own that particular RSN)".
I actually would call them and they'd have no idea what I was talking about. It could have been just been a bureaucratic screw up, because the areas to east and west of me both had CSN+. We also had C-SPAN (1) and C-SPAN 3, but no C-SPAN 2 for a while. I mentioned it to someone as an aside (I'm not really that into C-SPAN, I just happened to mention it) and they said "No, you have C-SPAN2, it's channel [whatever]". I flicked to that channel while on the phone with him and nothing came up, and the channel wasn't listed in the guide. I think sometimes these large companies intend to have stuff available, and maybe think they do, and they don't, but they're so large that it never really penetrates that a localized problem exists so they can fix it (Or it takes a while- I do note that their online channel lineup listing now does include C-SPAN2).
So, I was placed in the ironic position of having to switch away from Comcast cable to watch some Comcast Sportsnet (Mid-Atlantic) Plus games. I mean, there were financial reasons and other stuff in play there as well, but that was one consideration. And it might be what prevents me from switching back if they haven't resolved the situation yet. I mean, to me, it's basic that I want to be able to watch my local teams' games. That is probably the main reason I have cable or satellite in the first place.