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Gail P Sherman
Feb 23, 2025
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British tech news site The Register reported on Thursday about a new policy instituted for HP telephone support. Beginning on February 18th, all callers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy started receiving a message that their wait time would be fifteen minutes, even when a customer service agent was available to speak with them.

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