By Eric Zeman
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@zeman_e

i'm sorry, he's lost all credibility when he refers to Dish Network's CEO Charlie Ergen as Turkish President Recep Erdogan;

from the article
"Last summer, Sprint and T-Mobile struck a deal to sell Boost Mobile to Dish networks, which is run by Recep Erdogan. " "Why is Boost’s sale to Dish a problem? Dish CEO Erdogan......."

 

From the bloomberg article:

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...Verizon Communications Inc. said its Fios video and internet service would abandon the cable-industry tradition of locking customers into long-term bundled packages, ...

The new model, called Mix & Match, lets consumers choose among a variety of video-channel packages and internet-router speeds without signing an annual contract. Verizon also plans to roll various fees and surcharges into the base price of its packages, to clarify what subscribers are really paying....

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Definitely a step in the right direction.

While I am a little wary of the "video-channel packages" and how those packages are put together (e.g., Comcast's infamous "Sports and News" package), I like the rolling of the fees and surcharges into the base price of the packages.

I'd like to see other cable providers move in a similar direction, and give control back to their customers.

users need to get patch ASAP
»www.pcworld.com/article/ ··· ely.html

patches are here
»www.mozilla.org/en-US/se ··· 2020-03/

fine print: "all prices are introductory" (aka "regular price, which takes effect after the introductory period, is twice what's listed here")