It's not just AT&T. Many years ago I worked in technical support for a small cellular phone company. Sometime in 2003, we were told the switch would be experiencing intermittent issues due to an upgrade.
For those unfamiliar, all phone calls go through a switch first. I called engineers and asked them what the upgrade was - I was curious. They told me it is so the FBI can listen in on calls whenever they "need".
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