Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages.
- Davel23 ( @Davel23@fedia.io ) 27•3 months ago
Oh, how nice that they agreed to the fine. Wouldn’t want to punish a company without its approval.
- TachyonTele ( @TachyonTele@lemm.ee ) English6•3 months ago
Right? Hit’em with a fine they can’t agree with. Make the bastards sit back in their fancy corner office chairs.
- Rentlar ( @Rentlar@lemmy.ca ) English15•3 months ago
That’s comparable to about a $12.75 fine for someone with a $60k net income.
- wizardbeard ( @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English4•3 months ago
This sort of disclaimer needs to be beside every article concerning corporate fines. Fucking ridiculous.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English4•3 months ago
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
- jcarax ( @jcarax@beehaw.org ) English4•3 months ago
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”.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English3•3 months ago
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
- Steve ( @Steve@startrek.website ) English2•3 months ago
Literally 10% of my verizon bill
- AmbiguousProps ( @AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ) English4•3 months ago
a slap on the wrist
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•3 months ago
That’s the idea