Virgin Media - We Will Prioritise Those Who Pay Us To

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Whilst I dont like what he is saying he is at least doing so in public.

http://torrentfreak.com/virgin-media-ceo-says-net-neutrality-is-a-load-of-bollocks-080413/

The new CEO of Virgin Media is putting his cards on the table early, branding net neutrality “a load of bollocks” and claiming he’s already doing deals to deliver some people’s content faster than others. If you aren’t prepared to cough up the extra cash, he says he’ll put you in the Internet “bus lane”.

In an interview with the Royal Television Society’s Television magazine, far from covering up their intentions, Virgin Media’s new incoming CEO Neil Berkett - who joined the Virgin Media Board just a few days ago - has launched an attack on the ideas and principles behind net neutrality.

“This net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks,” he said, adding that Virgin is already in the process of doing deals to speed up the traffic of certain media providers.

With around 3.5 million customers in the UK, and already traffic shaping due to lack of capacity, it’s a sobering thought that at the behest of “content providers” with deep pockets, Virgin is prepared to speed up their traffic, which would presumably have a negative impact on those at the bottom of the ISP’s priority list, namely bandwidth hungry file-sharers.

I think this makes clear where Virgins priorities lie, as a group unlikely to line this companies pockets we can expect to be throttled relentlessly it seems, honouring services that you have sold customers looks to be a dying trend.

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No less than expected from one of bransons companys 

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Someones gotta pay for the upkeep of that $180,000,000 Island, i guess its gonna be those who pay for a service that they never stand a chance of getting.

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This is a typical modern business platform by the looks of it. "You get whatever we decide to give you for your money, not what you think you deserve for it!" You know, used to your dollars dictated business conduct and performance. Supply meets demand and such. Now it's pretty much supply regardless of demand. Poor business practice but it's why Microsoft's motto seems to be if you can't beat them, buy them. That way they control the market instead of who should be controlling it. The consumer.