Beware AT&T will send your business to other businesses (when you have trouble paying your bill)

Being a small business owner struggling to stay afloat in this economy I was agast to find out after sometime not being able to pay my bill because my customers can't afford to pay me, that ATT was sending my customers to my competitors. How Low ATT is. Since I have had this phone number with ATT for over 5 years I could really afford to loose it all together. It is in many phone books. So I was forced to pay up to be able to regain the number and be able to port it over to another provider. Now that I was finally able to pay this bill I will be going to another provider. When you call your number and the bill hasnt been paid they offer 4 or five options to call other companies. Thanks ATT for looking out for your long term customers, thanks for looking out for the small guy. I cannot wait till your company fails I will have the biggest smile on my face. Please beware small business owners who are struggling like I am. You might look out ahead of time if you know you might run into this situation and go to another provider before they cut you off.