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“When an emergency strikes, it’s critical that Americans are able to use 911 to reach those who can help,” said Pai in a statement. “The CenturyLink service out
by redleggedfrog 8y ago
“When an emergency strikes, it’s critical that Americans are able to use 911 to reach those who can help,” said Pai in a statement. “The CenturyLink service outage is therefore completely unacceptable, and its breadth and duration are particularly troubling.”
In response CenturyLink is now offering a new service, called "911 Fastlane", that guarantees that your 911 calls will get through and will be prioritized ahead of calls from standard CenturyLink accounts. This service is only an additional $10 a month.
Of course, satire.
- FlyMoreRockets 8y agoAbsolutely brilliant! You win the internet.
- redleggedfrog 8y agoNot sure if your comment is satire or not. Thanks anyway, though.
- FlyMoreRockets 8y agoJudging by the number of downvotes my comment achieved, it seems a lot of folks couldn't tell it was satire. Seemed rather obvious to me.
- dmd 8y agoNo, you were downvoted because your comment was content-free and this isn't reddit.
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- ryanlol 8y agoWhy did you feel the need to post this weird piece of NN propaganda in a completely unrelated thread?
- redleggedfrog 8y agoYou're right, sorry about that. Won't happen again. Not satire.
- icedchai 8y agoIt seems related to me.
- ryanlol 8y agoCould you help explain why? I really don't see any connection between NN and this story. I understand that NN is an important issue for the BigCos employing many HN users, but I'm not really convinced we need their talking points to be brought up in every single vaguely network related thread.
- icedchai 8y agoOk, so it's tangentially related. Even though it was meant in satire, it seems like something that a big telco would try to do.
- staplers 8y agoweird piece of NN propaganda The irony of the internet ruining itself in a single comment.
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- qha 8y agoThe editors of this website remove comments and ban users who put opinions here that go against the mainstream, calling them "incendiary". That way they can ensure this website is basically a monoculture with no "dissidents", the downside is that sometimes low quality comments like that get to the top of the thread.
- nikanj 8y agoOr more likely, CenturyLink is now tacking a mandatory $10 "911 robustness and replication" fee to your bill. Someone's gotta pay for those duplicated systems.
- TheCraiggers 8y agoThey already have that. If you look on your phone bill's list of fees, you'll see one for 911. It's not $10, but it's there.
- chipperyman573 8y agoWhen I read that I always assumed that was a fee that went to the 911 call centers to fund them (paying the people who answered the phones, renting the land they're based out of, etc). Does the entire fee go directly to the phone company?
- chx 8y agoHere's the relevant California legislation for example (it's regulated at state level): https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2005/rtc/41135-41142.html https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2005/rtc/41135-41142... it's pretty straightforward as to where the monies go.
- PavlovsCat 8y agoNobody understands what that is though. So I present to you: CenturyLink Peach Fuzz - keeps you peachy and the details fuzzy That's good enough, what's important is signing popular actors and licensing some really catchy music for the ads.
- yellowbuilding 8y agoIt is, of course, appreciated that you clarify this is satire, but the fact that you need to is alarming.
- SilasX 8y agoAs the sibling subthread notes, it isn’t just satire (even if the parent intended it as such), and it’s already happening. They already do charge a 911 fee, they just ... don’t use the money to honor the SLA that it promises.
- Haga 8y agoThe ankh morpork firebrigade hard at work.