Tampa8
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Neighbor in Florida is a retired Judge. (Civil not Criminal) He is housebound and I visit him when I am there. We got on the subject of Dish and the missing channels. (He has Brighthouse been thinking of going to Direct or Dish)
Interesting that he said at some point people might be able to get out of their contracts, (Important --- I am not looking to leave Dish at all)
It would be in the form of a class action suit. It would take the need to be shown that Dish could carry the stations, but chooses not to.
The explanation is, if it is temporary or not in the control of Dish, you would not be able to win in Court. But if Dish chooses not to pay the cost of a channel you had when you signed the contract and not carry it without giving the option for you to get that channel the Court might side with the consumer.
That last bold part is the important part. The Court might find Dish has the right to change packages per the contract but must give the option to still receive the channel even if it means an additonal charge to the customer if they want to keep it. The consumer might not like the option, but Dish would have to give it to keep the contract valid.
He said this would be very close to the Court deciding A la Carte would fix the problem industry wide............Very interesting way to look at it.....Not so much that it would go against Dish, but more the Court deciding this would be a remedy......
Interesting that he said at some point people might be able to get out of their contracts, (Important --- I am not looking to leave Dish at all)
It would be in the form of a class action suit. It would take the need to be shown that Dish could carry the stations, but chooses not to.
The explanation is, if it is temporary or not in the control of Dish, you would not be able to win in Court. But if Dish chooses not to pay the cost of a channel you had when you signed the contract and not carry it without giving the option for you to get that channel the Court might side with the consumer.
That last bold part is the important part. The Court might find Dish has the right to change packages per the contract but must give the option to still receive the channel even if it means an additonal charge to the customer if they want to keep it. The consumer might not like the option, but Dish would have to give it to keep the contract valid.
He said this would be very close to the Court deciding A la Carte would fix the problem industry wide............Very interesting way to look at it.....Not so much that it would go against Dish, but more the Court deciding this would be a remedy......
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