hah, 15 years ago it was nearly impossible for me to terminate Dish Network
My company purchased and began to operate the CATV system in my small town. I therefore received the service for free so I could do "testing" of the system from my home.
When I called Dish Network to end their service I was met with strong resistance, the run around, then put on hold for another person or department to pick up, and finally the call was dropped. This happened 4 or 5 times in a 2 or 3 day period.
I finally told the person I was talking with, that my boss would fire me if I kepp a dish on the side of my house as he was now the new operator of the competing CATV system.