They know they must remove their listening equipment if they hear a telephone subscriber complain to the operator that "something is wrong with the wire".
Still, many subscribers complained when Netflix outlined plans this year to split the two businesses.
Last month some Foxtel subscribers complained to the company and on social media about Marriage Equality's "iceberg" ads.
Mr. Cooper said the department had received mostly positive comments about the system, but in the first week some subscribers complained they were getting too many alerts as a result of improperly registering.
Some Saturdays they weighed 2kg, some of the heftiest papers ever published anywhere, and subscribers complained of damaged plants and injured pets as they were hurled over front fences by delivery boys.
The agreements resulted from an eight-month investigation and sting operation in which undercover agents from Mr. Cuomo's office, posing as subscribers, complained to Internet providers that they were allowing child pornography to proliferate online, despite customer service agreements that discouraged such activity.
Other subscribers complained that some of the better deals on the site were for Amazon's own hardware, but the company didn't have enough stock to meet demand.
As a result, subscribers complain of disconnected calls or busy signals caused by overloading of the networks.
In the meantime, cable and satellite providers other than TWC are offering discounts and goodies to subscribers complaining about the unavailability of the Dodgers, so be sure to call and get yours.
In states with intensely fought races during the primary season, phone subscribers have complained of receiving as many as 20 election-related calls — mostly automated "robocalls" — per week.
That decision irritated some U-verse subscribers, who complained online about the company's move and which further limited Al Jazeera America's potential audience on Day 1.
