Telecom Keeps Billing Canceled Lines Despite Advance Cancellation Request
A customer requested full account cancellation a month before the next billing cycle but was told active lines would still be charged regardless, and phone/in-person escalation attempts led nowhere with contradictory phone numbers and disconnected transfers. This reflects a structural gap between customer-initiated cancellation requests and how billing systems actually process them.
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