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By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant

Once again Verizon made the news and it’s not in a good way. It would appear Verizon (along with Sprint and T-Mobile) have overstated their 4G coverage in rural areas (https://allthingsfirstnet.com/fcc-wont-punish-verizon-and-t-mobile-for-exaggerating-their-coverage-maps/ ). However, this time it wasn’t to customers it was to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Commission decided not to penalize the carriers since there didn’t appear to be a “clear rule violation”.  Well that may be, but I think most would agree, if you are going to provide false information to the FCC then it would put into question what other statements are you making that aren’t true. This is a great lead into what Verizon has been telling customers…