AT&T billing not updated after service downgrade or cancellation
AT&T customers who cancel lines or downgrade plans continue to be billed at the prior rate due to billing system lag or error, resulting in unauthorized charges. Recovering the overcharge requires extended customer service engagement with no self-serve resolution. This represents a systemic billing accuracy failure affecting a large segment of plan-change customers.
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