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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by StudentStuff on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:25PM (#17814398)
They were using the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) $37.99 unlimited plan for data devices, its a perfectly normal plan. Here in Seattle we use it for our busses WiFi Hotspots, on AT&T it is truly unlimited.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Spooky23 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:22PM (#17814778)
WSCA allows throttling if you’re a top 5% user locally. Not a problem in the middle of Seattle, but definitely something to plan for a command vehicle responding to wildfires and you have a high density of responders... particularly since the problem is so cheap to fix.

Also, another jurisdiction like police, state emergency management, Feds, etc may have a plan that allows them to deprioritize you at any time. If they were in FirstNet, a machine to machine plan, or a Verizon public safety plan, there would be no issue.

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