Remember where we left off? Should I pay the $600 just to get rid of the AT&T bill for service I never used? Well I didn\u2019t. And then I did.<\/p>\n
You see, when you don\u2019t pay a bill \u2013 even one that AT&T says to ignore until they can fix it, AT&T turns off your real service you\u2019re paying $900\/month for \u2013 the second attempt working fiber. Bam! It happened on a Thursday afternoon. I though it was a service issue. I called AT&T. They said it was a service issue. I opened a ticket. I waited all night. Finally, I called again (maybe 4th time) and they said it wasn\u2019t a service issue \u2013 that the working fiber was terminated due to non-payment \u2013 on the account for the fiber that was never used!<\/p>\n
Wow!<\/p>\n
So, to get me up and running, I moved all my websites and email and other services to our Comcast service. And I paid the $600. What choice did I have? Any dispute would have taken months\/years. This was a stickup and I put up my hands.<\/p>\n
But, AT&T still shot me. With my hands up! Perhaps a bit dramatic, but after I paid the $600, the sent bills for late fees. They even sent a bill for reconnecting the working fiber AND the fiber I never used that was in dispute! Of course, they said they\u2019d credit me, but meanwhile kept billing me for same. Finally, I paid them just to stop them and avoid terminating my working fiber again for non-payment of $35.<\/p>\n
This is why small business will always exist and should never ever go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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