The new CEO of Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, has openly stated in an interview that they think net neutrality is “a load of bollocks” and claimed they're already doing deals to deliver some people’s content faster than others. They would then put websites and services that don't pay Virgin in the "slow lane", meaning those sites would load slowly and cause most users to give up using them, feeling forced to use whatever Virgin wants to push through their network.
This is not the first time an internet provider infringes upon net neutrality, but it is the first time that an ISP so brutally states that they simply plan to limit internet access to a television-like system in which the access provider completely regulates the content you have access to.
Virgin Media has over 3.5 million customers in the UK and the real danger is that when they start applying this system to their network, all major internet providers around the globe will soon follow the trend. Because this is exactly what major ISP's have been wanting to do for years.
But we can stop it.
If the masses of the internet react against this, we will set an example of what happens when one provider tries to take away our freedom. We will make it very clear that any ISP who tries to infringe upon net neutrality will see its popularity go down the drain because the users don't accept it. And we'll see to it that only the providers who care about safeguarding our internet freedom have our support.
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Re: Keep Virgin from...
wow.....i thought it was a thread about you being a virgin LOLOLOLOLOL
i'll help this fight for a free internet
i wonder if Tesco Broadband will do the same
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Besides, the 'internet' will only remain 'free' provided ISPs invest some of their profits into maintaining and upgrading the infamous 'last mile'.
But they won't. Not because they're money-hungry bastards (although they are), but because they just aren't profiting enough to spare anything. It's their own grave, mind you - they've all been undercutting each other and overselling their own capacities for so little for so long that they're ****ed. Royally.
So basically you're going to end up paying more for the same thing regardless; whether it's just to maintain the network, or use your ISP's 'fast lane'.
The internet is the best worst place in the world.
This has always been a possibility and I've feared the thought.
There is nobody protecting the internet, nobody owns it, but ISP's can control its use. If this were to happen it would be like paying for cable, in a way, just example.
Paying for certain digital cable channels, like HBO, SHO, ect. You get the essential five channels or so for free, but the rest is payed for.
That's just an example, not a real comparison.
The internet is free for now, besides paying for connection ect.
This would be amazing if it happens. Can't see how they would be able to do this, it is not like the internet is new. I don't think people would stand for this, and would change their ISP.
Edit: Is there a website where we could sign a virtual signature board or something?
