<P> Some internet service providers have complained to the FCC that ESPN3 (along with other services that use the TV Everywhere system) violates the principles of network neutrality . ESPN3 bundles its content into the fees of the participating ISP, regardless of whether or not users partake in accessing its content . If a particular ISP does not pay subscription fees to ESPN, users of that ISP are not granted access to ESPN3 . There is no way for individual users to overcome these access restrictions as ESPN3 does not provide subscription options for individual users or any other non-ISP entities, and because most ISPs operate in specific territories without competition, a subscriber cannot access ESPN3 unless a participating ISP actually operates in the area . ESPN's only recommended solution in such a situation is to have the consumer lobby an ISP that is available in their area to add ESPN3 . </P> <P> Time Warner Cable & RCN do not allow internet - only and basic cable subscribers to access ESPN3; only those who subscribe to a standard cable tier or higher (and thus access ESPN's linear networks) can use the service . Thus, in these cases the cost of the service is bundled into the cable bill and not the Internet bill . </P>

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