AT&T Business Portal Deliberately Blocks Bulk Line Termination, Forcing Slow Phone Process
The AT&T business portal hides line termination functionality, forcing enterprise customers to call and manually read phone numbers with a 10-line-per-day cap. Designed friction that imposes serious operational cost on businesses trying to churn.
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