Firefighters join Mozilla in net neutrality fight, citing ‘public safety’

Urupong/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Last summer, during the largest fire in California history, firefighters encountered an unexpected danger. It had nothing to do with flames or smoke or wind speeds. They couldn’t communicate. In the middle of battling the Mendocino Complex Fire, Verizon was throttling, or deliberately slowing, internet speeds on their phones, Santa Clara fire officials …

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