ISP Customer Service Language Barriers and Hold Times
Customers of large ISPs report difficulty communicating with support agents due to language barriers and excessively long hold times. This affects anyone reliant on a single ISP provider with no local alternatives. It represents a chronic service quality failure that erodes customer trust.
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