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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by kingbirdy on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:04PM (#17813808)
> "Our understanding from Eric Prosser, our former Information Technology Officer, was that he had received approval from Verizon that public safety should never be gated down because of our critical infrastructure need for these devices."

Perhaps the ITO was wrong, but it seems they had reason to believe they would get this level of service per an agreement with Verizon (rather than forcing them as you say), and it was Verizon who messed up their end of the deal.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by awesrdtfcvyg on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:27PM (#17814810)
I made a comment about a relevant experience we had at my current employer.[1] In short, we switched from a multi-device plan with a shared 60 GB cap to a multi-device plan with an 'unlimited' data cap, our IT department was genuinely surprised when devices were throttling after 22 GB per device. Also, Verizon wanted so much money to increase a device's cap, it was cheaper to purchase additional hotspots, pay to add them to the plan, and cannibalize the SIMs when current devices start throttling.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17814698

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by StudentStuff on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:09PM (#17814275)
Verizon and the other major carriers actually do offer a supposedly higher level of service under the mutistate WSCA contract that their Verizon Wireless account falls under. The Verizon rep they dealt with was definitely being a lame duck, he can change plans on the fly if he so pleased.
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