Virgin Media - A Load of Bollocks
8th May 2008
Posted in: Media
Written by: James Grieves
This sort of thing makes me glad I’ve stayed away from Branson’s stab at Murdoch’s dominance of British media. Apparently their CEO is of the view that it is absurd to expect access to be given to the entire internet at equal rates and instead far prefers the system whereby the corporate websites capable of stumping up the cash to get a quick connect are given it and the rest are left in, as he says, the “Bus lane”.
It’s not just because our website would unquestionably fall within the latter category that I object strongly to this. It’s since the net has barely any principles, it’s mainly more of a medium than anything you can attach values and virtues to. But the notion of McDonalds and Sony being to buy their way ahead of Bad Science and Penny Red is one that is utterly at odds with it’s present form.
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