Hacker News Reader

The situation with Verizon is more like a case of an EMT asking a bystander to get out of the way, which the bystander absolutely has an obligation to comply with. But it's complicated by the fact that Verizon isn't just a bystander but a company that had an existing contract with the fire department, and had previously been informed that their throttling was causing problems.

Telecoms is CNI its entirely different

No, but if I as an EMT or paramedic, ask you to get out of my way, and you refuse, you absolutely are committing a crime.