Activation and billing-start dispute

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Activation and billing-start dispute

Challenge billing that began before a telecom service was usable by separating promised activation, technical activation, usable service and billing start.

Replace every item in square brackets with your own facts. Delete optional wording that does not apply. Keep the letter focused on what the provider needs to answer.

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Subject: Formal complaint: activation/billing start mismatch: [reference]

Dear [provider / complaints team],

Please investigate the start date used for billing my [broadband/mobile/landline] service.

Promised activation date: [date]
Provider says technically active: [date]
First usable service: [date]
Billing started: [date]
Fault/provisioning reference: [reference]

The service was not usable between [dates] because [fault/provisioning/equipment/porting issue]. Evidence: [references].

Please explain:
1. the contractual event you used to start billing;
2. the technical event that marked the service active;
3. what your records show about usability/provisioning during the disputed period; and
4. the bill adjustment, refund/credit and any Automatic Compensation Scheme payment that applies.

Requested outcome: [state].

Yours faithfully,
[Name]

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