This sort of disclaimer needs to be beside every article concerning corporate fines. Fucking ridiculous.
Comment on Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
That’s comparable to about a $12.75 fine for someone with a $60k net income.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Thank you for your service: this kind of calculation is always an excellent addition to posts like this.
Steve@startrek.website 1 week ago
Literally 10% of my verizon bill
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week 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 up.
jcarax@beehaw.org 1 week ago
But it’s not the first time. A couple examples:
theverge.com/…/fcc-verizon-att-mobile-carriers-91… arstechnica.com/…/fcc-blasts-verizon-for-911-outa…
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”.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week 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 lice she to operate as a mobile carrier