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Got Virgin ISP? Cancel it.

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I can't name an ISP you SHOULDN'T cancel. It's like that old qoute about democracy from Churchill (I think it was him) "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others" I've heard so many horror stories about ISP's that I kind of think they all stink like dirty socks. Might be some really nice smaller ones though, dunno.

Re: UK ISPs - I've yet to hear anything negative about Be Internet (aka O2 Internet) - it's cheap, fast and unlimited. Of course, how long this will last is another question entirely.

Yeah, small ISPs seem to be the way forward. When stuff does go wrong, at least it's pretty easy to get someone at the end of the phone who even knows what they're talking about.

Sigh - I am with Virgin and have been generally happy for years now. I don't like the sounds of this one bit.

Its getting bad enough in the evenings, as if you download more than a few 100MB they throttle your connection down to 1MB from 10MB for 4 hours.

And then there is the business with Phorm. Its just downright sleezey - us tech types will be sure to opt out, but the 99% will have no idea what is happening.

I love my 10Mbit Virgin cable connection, but if they're going to start limiting iPlayer I'd rather move to a slower dsl line elsewhere

Virgin ISP? Not with all the porn I've downloaded it isn't.

Err now as for myself...

Cory Doctorow, seriously? C'mon ...

If George Clooney denounced DRM/a patent troll/baby killing, would the denouncement be any less valid? Celebrities may not be experts, many of them may even be idiots, but if they use their celebrity to promote a worthy cause rather than themselves, that's a good thing. When they lead action for that cause, that's even better.

It is valid even when they have some financial interest in the cause?

That's true, plus you have to be pretty smart to graduate medical school.

He's a computer freedom activist. Worked for the EFF, anti-DRM campaigner, etc. Not that anyone should need special qualifications before they stand up for their rights.

Did you cancel your Virgin account already? Or waiting for Cory to tell when?

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