LuingFu
Senate and People of Rome
The Kano Organisation
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Posted - 2008.04.18 07:32:00 -
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Original Article:
"The new CEO of Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, has openly stated in an interview that they think net neutrality is ôa load of *******sö and claimed they're already doing deals to deliver some peopleÆs 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 sa***uarding our internet freedom have our support.
Speak out in any way you can and spread the word." (http://forum.ragezone.com/f71/keep-virgin-destroying-internet-386359/ - There's a bigger source for this article)
Well one ISP finally got the berries to actually say this publically. Spread the word guys, this is serious. If you happen to be subscribed to Virgin, write to them as a customer and tell them what you think about this.
The internet today is the biggest source of free information on the planet, letting this happen ultimately leads to the companies who pay the most control what you think, watch, and read. Do you really want this to happen? |