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Doctorow Tears Up ISP Contract Over Net Neutrality

Posted by kdawson on from the schedule-2-numbers-1-j-and-k dept.

Burz writes "As a reaction to Virgin Media CEO's promise to violate the concept of net neutrality, Cory Doctorow is declaring his ISP contract void, canceling the service, and calling on other Virgin customers to do the same. He isn't alone. Charlie Stross counts the ways the gang that became Virgin Media is trashing Sir Richard's brand. Myself, I am thinking of stopping my Virgin Mobile service in protest."

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  1. You mean "personally" by martin_henry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Myself, I am thinking of stopping my Virgin Mobile service in protest.
    You mean you are personally thinking of stopping your Virgin Mobile service.
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    www.purevolume.com/martyd
    1. Re:You mean "personally" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      shut up

  2. Complains about Virgin's XXX tiers? by ifakemyadd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought Virgin was talking about tiered bandwidth. X dollars for slower bandwidth, XX dollars for medium, XXX for fast/capable of streaming HD pr0n? If not forgive me, but I think its fair to assess such tiered network schemes as a violation of neutrality. I get faster internet because I pay more. My service provider isn't neutral at all. They favor me.

    In that respect, I think yeah, things are already not neutral. So if you want to throw a fit because your service provider gives you more for paying more, I suppose that's your right. As for me, I really appreciated when my service provider gave me the option of category 'XXX'. It costs more than I used to pay, but is totally worth it....Isn't that why I switched from dial-up?

  3. Re:Obligatory XKCD by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    XKCD is never off topic. Someone needs their moderator license revoked.