How one line of code caused a $60 million loss
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60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were delayed

Recently, I paid ATT $500 to close my account and zero it out.

Fast forward 6 months, they send me a letter saying they need $300 more for cancellation fees or it will be sent to collections.

Write all the bad code you can, papi.

Sure it’s cancellation fees? This doesn’t seem legal.

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There are contract breaking fees attached to contracts sometime to prevent switching providers. I’m pretty sure everybody agrees it reduces competition.

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