AT&T Prepaid Customers Bounced Between Call Center and Retail Store
AT&T prepaid customers with hardware issues are shuttled between customer service and retail stores, with neither able to resolve the problem. The channel fragmentation between prepaid and postpaid support structures leaves customers without a clear escalation path.
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