public satellite, TV, and wireless company
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile
Industry Internet
A public satellite, pay-TV, wireless, and spectrum company behind DISH, Sling TV, Boost Mobile, Hughes, and related services. EchoStar provides connectivity in some underserved contexts, but pay-TV lock-in, wireless/spectrum complexity, privacy exposure, subsidy-fraud allegations, and weak customer leverage make it low-scoring.
Why this matters: DISH, Boost, Sling, and Hughes are direct competitors to cable, streaming-TV, mobile, and rural internet options and need to be compared at parent level.
Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
F - Malignant
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Subscription Capture.
Strengths
- Extraction2/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed2/7
- Product Integrity2/5
Penalties
- Subscription Capture-3
- Surveillance Capture-3
- Ecological Harm-2
- Accountability Opacity-2
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims10
- Direct axis claims10
- Coverage10/16
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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1 / 10 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. Linked evidence
|
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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1 / 10 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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2 / 10 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
|
1 / 7 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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2 / 7 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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1 / 7 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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1 / 5 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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2 / 5 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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1 / 5 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend… Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Ecological Harm
?
Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale,
including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued
after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.
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-2 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste. Linked evidence
|
Youth Capture
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Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention
monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture,
surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure
consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself
penalized. Range: -5 to 0.
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-1 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity. Linked evidence
|
Subscription Capture
?
Manipulative recurring-payment, automatic-renewal,
cancellation-friction, bundling, trial-conversion, or refund designs
that profit from inertia or confusion. Range: -5 to 0.
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-3 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases. Linked evidence
|
Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms,… Linked evidence
|
Identity Capture
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Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service. Linked evidence
|
Surveillance Capture
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Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial
recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of
customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
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-3 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data. Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit. Linked evidence
|
Bonus Credits
No bonus credits applied in this version.
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 75/100
10 verified linked claims 10 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 10/16 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 13/20
10 verified linked claims
Source quality 18/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 9/18
10 direct claims across 16 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 6/10
10/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
2EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
3EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
4EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
5EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
6EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
7EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms, renewal pricing, arbitration, and cancellation effects at purchase time.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
8EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
9EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
10EchoStar / DISH / Boost Mobile presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit.
- DISH privacy noticeGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network privacy notice PDFGeneral web source · 58%
- DISH Network 2025 SEC filingPrimary public record · 100%
- DOJ DISH Wireless settlement reportingSocial or commentary source · 40%
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