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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. Re:Isn't the job of the government to...nevermind. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    However, I must admit that if net-neutrality is lost, it may be impossible to re-gain--much like public health-care in the US will be next-to-impossible to get.

    And thank god. The underlying problem with insurance and HMOs is the giant moral hazard it creates. People who wouldn't usually go to the doctor start going for every little thing to feel like they're getting their moneys worth.

    If you think the health care system is in bad shape now, it's going to be really fucked if it expands that moral hazard to everybody. At the very least with standard HMOs and insurance you know everybody is paying their share to the insurance company.

  3. 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?

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

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