That ELD mounted in your cab? It needs cellular. Your AI dashcam uploading safety footage to the cloud? Cellular. Real-time GPS tracking? Cellular. Wednesday’s Verizon outage was a reminder that modern trucking’s entire technology stack rides on infrastructure we don’t control, and can’t fix when it fails.
Emergency management systems in New York City and Washington, D.C., issued alerts warning that 911 calls from Verizon devices might not connect. The FCC is now facing calls for a formal investigation. Multiple law enforcement agencies spent hours inv… [6585 chars]
Source: FreightWaves | Published: 2026-01-15T14:03:44Z
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