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Feds Fine Verizon $3.4 Million Over 911 Service Outage Issues

Posted by timothy on from the can't-get-through-to-you dept.

itwbennett writes The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has fined Verizon $3.4 million over its failure to notify police and fire departments during a 911 service outage last year. Under the commission's rules, Verizon and other carriers were required to notify emergency call centers of a six-hour outage that occurred in April. The outage involved multiple carriers and affected over 11 million people in seven states.

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  1. needs to be higher / ceo / vp jail time by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    needs to be higher / ceo / vp jail time that will stop BS like this from happening.

  2. You want to get their attention? by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make the fine a (large) percentage of their annual gross revenue.

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