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Telecom Discount Eligibility Gets Silently Removed in a Loop

Teachers and other discount-eligible AT&T customers repeatedly lose verified discounts without notification, requiring hours of support calls per cycle to restore them. The billing system silently strips eligibility after confirmation, creating a Sisyphean loop. This structural failure affects a large segment of telecom subscribers with verified promotional rates.

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