More to the point, there is no way to protest or circumvent spurious fees and charges that always follow lock-in to any system. Some charges certainly are justi

More to the point, there is no way to protest or circumvent spurious fees and charges that always follow lock-in to any system. Some charges certainly are justified, but accompanied by many purported new fees and "errors". This is already abused by every telecom & public utility I have dealt with over the past 25 years, and it could only get worse as freer access is secured. I would never give a major monopoly service provider free access to my accounts today to "conveniently" auto-pay my un-scrutinized charges. They are entitled/entrenched beyond retribution excepting the most extreme trespasses and regular 'nicks & dings' on billing cycles in hopes of not being noticed is the norm. Unearned revenue is profitable when it nets > the penalties, if penalties ever were imposed.