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AT&T ported phone number billed despite cancellation assurances

A customer porting a phone number out of AT&T Business faced overlapping billing due to a required two-step porting process. Despite AT&T assurances, the customer was billed for a two-day overlap plus a late fee. Reflects individual billing dispute rather than a systemic product gap.

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