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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. Good for you. Dump sir Richard. by PingXao · · Score: 0, Troll

    These boycotts are always so effective.

  2. But what is he _really_ doing? by Yakasha · · Score: 1, Troll

    People complain about the coming change in 'net neutrality' without ever considering what it is really doing.

    Tiered pricing is no different than tiered pricing in any other arena. Prime office space on the top floor in downtown San Francisco, California is going to cost you a lot more than the shack behind Pete's Tacos. A Rodeo Drive storefront costs more than your mom's basement.

    That is how it is. The Internet grew the way it did for a number of reasons, now though, it is just another way of doing business. If you want a better storefront, you pay for it. Does that give an unfair advantage to established businesses? Yes.

    Welcome to the world of capitalism, where nothing is free except you.

  3. Re:Ouch by SScorpio · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank you, someone else who seems to see past the bullshit and see Cory Doctrow for what he is. The only problem is that he has all of those twitter followers who seem to follow his every word. Thankfully for Virgin's survival I believe they are the same group of people who like to be classified as hipsters and are the 2% Mac owning populous.