You cancelled RECEIVE ONLY satellite radio and television, which neither requires transmitting equipment with limited precise alignments nor specialized equipment to handle time-sensitive ack/nack handshaking over a 75km 3-point datalink. Never mind the sunk costs of the satellite(s), real estate, and the non-recurring and recurring engineering required for several ground stations across the west coast that RECEIVE ONLY satellite and wireless doesn't require. We're defensive because we hear it all the time: People that don't understand what they bought, but are adamant that it should be something it's not: A drop in replacement for television. By doing so, it not only affects the user, but it puts an extra load, slowing down everyone else sharing the same ground station. It gets old real quick. Edit: Just went to Verizon Wireless: "If your contract term results from your purchase of an advanced device, your early termination fee will be $350, which will decline by $10 per month upon completion of months 7–17, $20 per month upon completion of months 18–22, $60 upon completion of month 23 …" Sounds pretty standard to me. Edit 2: Comcast Xfinity: "Comcast / Xfinity will charge you a fee to cancel your contract before its natural end. The fee is $10 per month remaining on the on the contract. So if you cancel with 11 months remaining..."
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