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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Never forget that during California wildfires less than 10 years ago, first responders were cut off from communications because Verizon cut them off.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

I'm glad that incident is getting remembrance now. We're now seeing how capital control of services is a national security risk.

Elon Musk is exhibit A in the case for why the people need to seize the means of production.

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

"Oops! It seems you have reached the maximum usage for your plan! Please call a representative to find a plan better suited to your particular usage volume, or text "$5B" to top up with extra credits."

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[–] stateofaffairs@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I just came here to remind folks:

https://www.courthousenews.com/verizon-apologizes-for-throttling-firefighter-data-during-wildfire/

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