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ISP Service Outages Persist for Months with No Resolution Path for Customers

Internet service providers allow documented outages to persist for extended periods while continuing to bill customers. Customers with confirmed hardware or infrastructure failures receive no resolution timeline despite multiple technician visits. The complaint and escalation process lacks binding SLA enforcement mechanisms.

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