https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/22/verizon_throttled_departments/

Verizon has been accused of throttling the data plan of a California fire department in the midst of the state's worst-ever wildfire.

Chief Anthony Bowden of the Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District says that [PDF] while his department's Incident Support Unit (OES 5262) was working to coordinate efforts to fight the massive Mendocino Complex Fire, Verizon slowed their data plan to a trickle, potentially putting public safety at risk.