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AT&T Continues Billing for Returned Internet Hardware

AT&T bills customers for returned equipment even after providing confirmation of the return. There is no automated reconciliation between the return processing system and the billing system. Customers must initiate multiple complaint cycles to correct a charge that should never have appeared.

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