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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] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

In the Netherlands early termination fees are not allowed, you sign up for a period and stick with that. After that initial period you can then terminate with 30 day notice, no auto renew per year, or you get a prorated refund of what you paid (in annual payment for example). A few exceptions apply but not many.

This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

[–] aesthelete 5 points 11 months ago

This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

Here in the good ol US of A that's how some of my apartment leases worked.

🎶 God bless America 🎶