Customers don't have many ways to complain about their ISPs, even if they're saving lives.

Verizon is wrong. Throttling emergency responders’ data is definitely about net neutrality.

Future Society

The Santa Clara County Fire Department claims Verizon's throttling of its data impeded its ability to provide essential emergency services.

Verizon Is Wrong. Throttling Emergency Responders’ Data Is Definitely About Net Neutrality.

One fire department's data was slowed to 1/200th of its previous speed.

The company has had the technology to provide this service for some time.

911 wasn't set up with cell phones in mind. Google could change that.

Hard Science

Although controversial, Google location services can help save lives. Ambulances may use them to find the caller and identify the best way to get there.

911 Wasn't Set Up With Cell Phones In Mind. Google Could Change that.

Improving emergency response by just one minute could save as many as 10,000 lives every year.

911 Wasn’t Set Up With Cell Phones In Mind. Google Could Change that.

Health & Medicine

Cell phones have turned global health on its head. From tracking epidemics to scanning for cancer, global health will never be the same again.

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Future Society

Verizon Is Wrong. Throttling Emergency Responders’ Data Is Definitely About Net Neutrality.

Hard Science

911 Wasn’t Set Up With Cell Phones In Mind. Google Could Change that.

Health & Medicine

Five Ways Cell Phones Are Literally Changing Global Health

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