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Non-subscribers have no court or class-based avenue for resolving disputes with Comcast; individual arbitration is the sole required mechanism.
Interpretive note: The excerpt refers to 'those services' without identifying them in the quoted text, and 'Dispute' is a defined term whose scope is set elsewhere. The primary claim is clear but its precise scope depends on definitions and context not visible in the excerpt.
A reader who is not a subscriber to those services must use individual arbitration—not court litigation—to resolve any Dispute with Comcast.
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"If you are not a subscriber to those services, any Dispute (as defined below in these Terms) involving you and Comcast shall be resolved through individual arbitration.Excerpt from Xfinity's Terms of Service
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Non-subscribers have no court or class-based avenue for resolving disputes with Comcast; individual arbitration is the sole required mechanism.
A reader who is not a subscriber to those services must use individual arbitration—not court litigation—to resolve any Dispute with Comcast.
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