> Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality is "A Load of Bollocks" > > > 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".
Aaaaaaand watch VM's customers rapidly jump ship and their profits sink lower and lower. VM's new CEO hasn't a clue what he's on about (either that or he's just putting on a bullish face for the investors). I would've left already if I wasn't tied into a contract (going right back to LLU if things stay the way they are)... Amazing how a company can mess things up so completely within the space of a calendar year! With their 24 hour STM on the way (not confirmed yet, but the 'deafening silence' from all tech support and VM points of contact making the intention quite clear) and various other factors (horrible overcrowding on core network, widespread problems and issues running the gamut from billing to poor installation) that company is realy suffering. It needs a tender loving hand and a good injection of cash, and that's just not going to happen in the next few years. Still, the company's being led by the marketing department, most recently commencing the rollout of speed upgrades of middle tier customers to more than double their previous peak bandwidth (the 4 -> 10mbps uplift) while doubling the top tier from 10mbps to 20mbps last July/August and implementing aggressive 'traffic management' at the same time... That and the Phorm issue has been the icing on the cake for some. Oh, and they're going to announce that everyone's bills are rising by a (seemingly) arbitrary amount from next month - but it's news to me as I heard about it on the newsgroups and still haven't had my letter from VM yet! Let's see if 30 days' notice is really 30 days ;) Much has been said about their past year's decisions, and many concur that they've not acted very sensibly. Maybe BT will buy them in five years when they're on the verge of bankruptcy and use their existing network to roll out fibre... And it would need is a little more fibre laid, all the trunking's already there! - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
