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My normal list of e-bills arrived this weekend for the month end but Southwestern Bell had a small surprise waiting for me inside.  Not the kind of Christmas gift you anxiously  await to show up under the tree.  This was the kind of gift that gets slipped under your door in the middle of the night, then they ring the doorbell and run.
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Oh yes, an unknown Internet charge.  After a few minutes on the phone with customer service she thanked me for getting DSL with SBC and that was simply the charge for my new router.  I kindly reminded her I have had DSL for almost 4 years with them and have never had a new router.  Pause, Pause, Pause, "hang on a moment please."    She kindly came back and informed me, "Oops"


Apparently when I changed phone packages and my number they took it as a new install in the system and charged for normal setup stuff.  Needless to say they immediately reversed it.