Phantom Roxas Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 https://bgr.com/2018/08/21/verizon-unlimited-throttling-fire-department-emails-wtf/ Firefighters attempted to use a supposedly unlimited data plan to coordinate the response team while combatting a wildfire, only for Verizon to forcefully slow down their data speed. The fire department sent an email, Verizon focused only on offering the department a chance to upgrade their data plan. Pretty scummy of Verizon to take advantage of the net neutrality repeal to throttle firefighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mido9 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 "muh netflix" -some guy in san francisco or somewhere far from the fire, presumably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 "muh netflix" -some guy in san francisco or somewhere far from the fire, presumablyPlease don't spam.Especially not in Debates. That being said....I'm not so sure this needs to be in Debates anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 I'm not so sure this needs to be in Debates anyway I put this in Debates because net neutrality is a part of this topic, and since that has previously been discussed in this section, I thought it'd be safer to start with the thread here, but if it seems more appropriate for General, then I'm fine with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-stops-throttling-firefighters-during-wildfire-and-hurricane-response/ Verizon has claimed that they will stop throttling first responders. I frankly don't trust Verizon's word here, so I'd rather have stricter regulations to prevent Verizon from continuing to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-stops-throttling-firefighters-during-wildfire-and-hurricane-response/ Verizon has claimed that they will stop throttling first responders. I frankly don't trust Verizon's word here, so I'd rather have stricter regulations to prevent Verizon from continuing to do this.the fact that they did this in the first place is more than enough to remove all trust that they had. the attempt to bleed change out of them as first respondders is already despicable. even if they didn't realize they were the fire department, their plans, as members of the fire department in a wildfire zone should never have had limits to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 I really hope they throw the book at verizion. This gives good precedence to make internet a public utility instead of a private service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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