
Verizon throttled California fire department during wildfire crisis
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/21/17765682/verizon-california-throttled-wildfires
As wildfires raged in California this summer, one fire department’s response was impeded by an unexpected problem: data throttling.
In documents filed this week as part of a legal challenge to the FCC’s net neutrality repeal, Santa Clara County Fire Marshal Anthony Bowden explains how Verizon slowed device speeds during the crisis, hindering firefighters’ response.