Telecom Phone Reactivation Takes Over 13 Hours with No Resolution
Customers attempting to reactivate phone service are kept on hold for hours and given a new number without restoring the original. Service restoration promised within 2 hours extends overnight with no follow-up. Representatives provide contradictory instructions that pass the problem to other departments without resolving it.
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