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Originally Posted by Ravenheart
 Andy,
I'm glad you've decided to delurk 
The whole Phorm debate is something that concerns us all, I was just watching a programme on BBC1 about identity theft, the experts are telling us to protect ourselves and our ISP's are teaming up with a 3rd party firm with a history in spyware adding another tier of risk to our online activity.
Like you I've had no problems with my internet from Telewest/VM and to have to drop down to a more unreliable dsl connection wouldn't be ideal.
Virgin have said in a letter replying to one of the forum members letters that they would distance themselves from anything that tarnished the Virgin brand.
Well Phorm certainly does that.
I find it amusing that the Virgin group promote themselves on the following page
http://www.virgin.com/AboutVirgin/Wh...vigateToPage=3
"Brilliant Customer Service" I'm sorry, but selling your customers privacy to a spyware company certainly isn't.
Good luck with your CCNA
Happy posting. |
just for information more that anything.
its rather common that people mix these up, but infact the Virgin group do not own the Vigin Media cable company.
ntl/tw/etc are still the same old companys rolled in to one, the ntl/tw US board infact licenced the Vigin brand name from the Virgin group for a 20 year lease , and someone inside ntl/tw slaped the Media on the end hence 'Virgin Media'
they also pay RB a seperate retainer for acting as their figurhead and call him out when the need arises.
so while RB and his the Virgin group are one of the largest shareholders in VM they dont have the seat on the board,or run the cable/uk mobile company.
HOWEVER given the Virgin group own the V brand name, the ntl/tw US board of directors are infact bringing the virgin brand into disrepute(sp) and it seems reasonable that there will be clauses in the signed contract forbiding this, so the Virgin group must be interested in anything such as this VM ISP Phorm deal....
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lol, i didnt mean to put you off, just the first reply i clicked on, thanks for pointing the readers to DPI BTW, they may be enlightened as to how powerful this isp/phorm kit is and as an end user you have no control over that....without a dpa notice being sent etc.