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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by whatpad on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:10PM (#17813866)
It is not Verizon's problem if the government signed up for the wrong sized plan. It is not Verizon's problem if the government did not shop around for the best deal.

It is Verizon's problem if the case can be made that $8/GB is gouging. However $10/GB is a very common price among contractless carriers such as Tracfone and Google, so $8/GBis certainly in the ballpark.

Does not offering a bulk discount equate to gouging? IDK.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by StudentStuff on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:21PM (#17814360)
Verizon was likely mot meeting the terms of their contract under the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA), they likely statement messaged these government customers back in 2016 saying "we're changing the terms" without renegotiating the contract as they were supposed to. This $37.99 unlimited plan is offered by both AT&T and Verizon under the WSCA contract, only Verizon chooses to throttle this plan...
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