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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by whatpad on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:29PM (#17814005)
Armchair grandstanding.

If an EMT asks a bystander for help and he refuses, he did not commit a crime.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by wtallis on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:19PM (#17814350)
The situation with Verizon is more like a case of an EMT asking a bystander to get out of the way, which the bystander absolutely has an obligation to comply with. But it's complicated by the fact that Verizon isn't just a bystander but a company that had an existing contract with the fire department, and had previously been informed that their throttling was causing problems.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by FireBeyond on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:42PM (#17814509)
No, but if I as an EMT or paramedic, ask you to get out of my way, and you refuse, you absolutely are committing a crime.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by walshemj on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:36PM (#17814471)
Telecoms is CNI its entirely different
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