ISP double-charges customer and cuts service despite payment
A consumer was accidentally double-charged by their ISP, had service disconnected despite paying, and received conflicting promises from multiple agents. This represents a failure of billing reconciliation and agent accountability in large telecom providers. Software tools for dispute tracking exist but are rarely ISP-integrated.
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