AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRG! It is practically impossible to get an actual human on the line at AT&T!
After 10 minutes on the stupid phone tree it somehow sent me right back to where I started! - Shannon Jiménez
it always helps to choose the option "close my account" — they very quickly connect you to a human being... then you talk about what bothers you, and let them talk you into staying their customer... - earlyadopter
I'm about to try that. The guy I finally got wants to charge me for a service visit for their mistake. - Shannon Jiménez
Thanks for the tip, earlyadopter. After banging my head against a brick wall with the first guy and his supervisor, the nice account termination lady was able to arrange a service visit for $25 (instead of the $125 they wanted to charge). Free would have been better, but at least I'll have a phone. - Shannon Jiménez
you're welcome - earlyadopter