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T-Mobile Outsourced Support Quality Collapse and Multi-Day Data Outages

T-Mobile outsourced support to the Philippines, resulting in agents unable to diagnose or resolve technical issues. A three-day data outage generated three unresolved tickets with conflicting explanations and no callback. Customers perceive all major carriers as equally poor, creating a trapped-customer dynamic.

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