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They will also be forced to provide portable credit histories, and stop bundling services.
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But NGA believes that companies have found a loophole in the law by bundling together their services and then offering them over the Net in order to avoid taxes.
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Unlike its cable counterparts, Dish Network has focused purely on pay-TV rather than bundling broadband and telephone services with it.
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And we have numerous services to offer, including: artwork, audience research, marketing and advertising, public relations, design, technological expertise, sales and distribution, brand association, community services, update and notification services, bundling, and of course, editorial.
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He argues that firms should no longer think of gas as a commodity business, but as one where they can add value by bundling all sorts of other services with it.
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Dish Network has stated that almost 100% of its broadband subscribers also have its pay-TV services, implying that the bundling approach is helping.
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Douglas Ferrans, author of a report on equity underwriting for the Institutional Investors Council, says the bundling of charges for corporate-broking services with underwriting fees raises the suspicion that shareholders are paying over the odds.
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He is convinced that consumers will see big benefits from the bundling of heat, light, cable television and telephone services provided by, and serviced by, a single company.
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Bundling is coming to an end, though: Web services like Netflix, Hulu, iTunes and Amazon Instant Video now carry enough programming that they can stand in for a cable subscription at a small fraction of the cost.
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