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Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say (arstechnica.com)

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Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say::Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If you feel comfortable giving your SSN to privacy.com, you can just give them a privacy.com credit card number and then cancel whenever you want.

You could probably do the same thing with a reloadable prepaid card and then just withdraw all the money whenever you want to stop paying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean it could still be a breach of contract. Chances are they won't pursue you in court though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Technically, but it's not likely. They'd probably do more damage to their reputation then it would be worth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Cable companies don't have reputations