Telecom account merging requires hours of customer service calls with no resolution
Customers switching from one carrier or merging household accounts face broken internal systems and unhelpful support, requiring many hours on the phone without resolution. The lack of self-service account management tools forces reliance on inconsistently trained support staff.
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