http://www.newsweek.com/verizon-slowed-internet-firefighters-tackling-mendocino-blaze-demanded-money-1085274

As Santa Clara County firefighters fought the largest wildfire in California’s history, Verizon slowed down their “unlimited” internet connection and demanded money be paid to upgrade to a different data plan, delivering “significant impact” on the emergency services.

Fire Chief Anthony Bowden wrote to the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday about the issue, complaining that an incident support unit recently deployed to facilitate critical communications had been throttled by the internet provider.