Given the recent California wildfires and the critical role that ham radio operators had in the rescue efforts, I would say that allowing ham radio operators to

Given the recent California wildfires and the critical role that ham radio operators had in the rescue efforts, I would say that allowing ham radio operators to continue doing their thing is more of a utility and public service then say what Verizon does(which is to say that firefighters reached their "data limit" and had their cell phones data throttled during a critical emergency moment) http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-volunteers-at-the-ready-for-california-fire-duty http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-volunteers-at-the-rea... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttle...