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I work with AT&T all day, granted on the business side not consumer. The upgrade eligibility can be reset immediately. They tell you 24 hours as a safeguard but it's typically instantaneous.

This is true. I canceled my Apple online order in the AT&T store and my upgrade was reset in exactly 2 minutes yesterday.
 
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