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DISH Community to cease charging clients HD payment, Colorado AG says

DISH Community to cease charging clients HD payment, Colorado AG says

In some circumstances, Coloradans might save as a lot as $120 a 12 months on their payments due to this motion.

DENVER — DISH Community will not cost shoppers an HD payment below a settlement, introduced Wednesday by the Colorado Legal professional Common’s Workplace.

Colorado-based DISH eradicated its HD service payment for brand spanking new subscribers in 2015. Nonetheless, it continued to cost the $10 month-to-month payment to some clients who signed up previous to 2015.

The Colorado Legal professional Common’s Workplace known as the payment “pointless” and mentioned DISH Community charged the HD payment for years after high-definition tv grew to become customary.

The Colorado Legal professional Common’s Workplace mentioned DISH’s payment was an unfair and deceptive apply below the Colorado Shopper Safety Act.

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When the Legal professional Common’s Workplace started its investigation, DISH halted the payment in early 2022 for the two,480 Colorado clients who have been nonetheless paying it. No Colorado DISH clients are paying the HD payment, as of Feb. 15, 2022, mentioned the Legal professional Common’s Workplace.

“Charging an outdated payment is a apply we’ve seen suppliers use to drive up costs unfairly for Colorado shoppers. We’ll proceed to face up for shoppers and shield them from unfair charges,” mentioned Colorado Legal professional Common Phil Weiser.

“Even a $10-a-month payment can add up rapidly, particularly when hardworking Coloradans produce other payments to handle. I commend DISH for taking accountability following the beginning of our investigation to voluntarily take away this deceptive payment charged to its clients.”

In 2021, the Legal professional Common’s Workplace additionally reached a settlement with DIRECTV that included a $1 to $3 month-to-month credit score to Coloradans who have been charged an HD payment.

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