Bill proposed in Texas would make it illegal for Verizon and other carriers to throttle data speeds in disaster areas

You might recall that last year, Verizon got the journalistic equation of a black eye after it throttled the internet connection of a vehic...

You might recall that last year, Verizon got the journalistic equation of a black eye after it throttled the internet connection of a vehicle used by the Santa Clara County Fire Department. The data speed on the truck, which was used during the Mendocino Complex fire in California last summer, dropped from 50Mbps to about 30kbps. A Verizon rep told the county's fire chief  that to get its connection back to normal speeds, the fire department would have to sign up for a new Verizon plan that cost twice as much as the one it had.

As if that wasn't bad enough, Verizon ...

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