Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine
Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine
Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages.
Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages.
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That's comparable to about a $12.75 fine for someone with a $60k net income.
It was a one time event. Granted losing access to emergency services is very bad but they did come forward and admit wrong doing. If this happens a second time they can jump the fine way up.
Also you should look at the fine for a first offense parking violation
But it's not the first time. A couple examples:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/19/22845283/fcc-verizon-att-mobile-carriers-911-calls https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/fcc-blasts-verizon-for-911-outages-during-summer-2012-storm/
My highest upvoted comment on reddit was actually in a thread joking about fees to recoup the fine, suggesting they'd call it a "911 Memorial Fee".
Ok, I didn't know that. Yeah they need to get in some more trouble and the regulators should ask way more questions. In the worse case it shouldn't be uncalled for to revoke there license to operate as a mobile carrier
This sort of disclaimer needs to be beside every article concerning corporate fines. Fucking ridiculous.
Literally 10% of my verizon bill