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My ISP has no problem breaking out the fees.
And.... I am indeed, in the US.
So, not seeing the issue here.
It's not actually about listing the fees. They're worried that if they have to list the fees, customers will realize they're paying 19.99 a month to rent a router, or are getting charged for a land line they didn't ask for.
And get a discount for letting the cable company claim they have cable TV to scam money from ESPN.
Could you explain this more?
ESPN is probably paying cable companies to air their shows over their cables to customers with a subscription to ESPN.
Yea... Comcast is really bad about that. When I had them a decade back, I made sure to being my own hardware.