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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Domenic_S on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:58PM (#17814624)
they used 25GB of data - that's not what any rational person would consider "a lot" for an emergency service fighting a wildfire.

This isn't self-evident. How much data is appropriate for an emergency service fighting a wildfire? What in the world are they doing with all that data?

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by pixl97 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:36PM (#17815169)
Have you even been in a modern fire fighting communications station? By your statement, I'll take that as a no.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Domenic_S on Friday August 24, 2018 @12:51PM (#17836092)
You're right, I haven't! I imagine a lot of people haven't. I didn't say the statement was wrong, just not self-evident.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by jimktrains2 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:25PM (#17815105)
> How much data is appropriate for an emergency service fighting a wildfire?

As much as they need?

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