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At least Verizon FIOS in the Boston area lets you opt-out of all sports channels so you are not charged this fee.
by icefox 11y ago
At least Verizon FIOS in the Boston area lets you opt-out of all sports channels so you are not charged this fee.
- mattmanser 11y agoI imagine you're probably still subsidising the sports watchers though. All of these companies use sports as a major buying motivator, like in the UK Sky basically went mad on buying every sport they could. I would assume the extra subscription alone doesn't cover the high licensing prices they pay, so they spread out the cost to all the other consumers too but just charge a bit extra to the sports fans.
- RHSeeger 11y agoOddly enough, I recently moved to the Boston area (from NY) and I did not know this. I'll need to look into it. Nobody in my family has any interest in watching sports at all.