August 29, 2018

Fire fighters take on net neutrality issue

Truthdig - More than 1,000 first responders from across the country threw their support behind net neutrality protections, with a letter demanding that lawmakers in Congress pass the Congressional Review Act  resolution to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality.

.... As Common Dreams reported last week, Verizon throttled, or slowed down, data speeds for the Santa Clara County fire department and suggested it should pay an extra fee for faster service—while fire fighters were battling some of California’s biggest wildfires ever earlier this summer.

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