Whilst I admire the sentiments and the idea of this I really think you are fighting a losing battle here although I would love to be proved wrong.
NTL got involved with the previous site and even went so far as buying it and still had their fingers burned and at the end even had the wool pulled over their eyes by the Mods/Admin running the place.
I would suggest they would be reluctant to get involved in any such venture again.
As for them ignoring their customers and the demand, in most cases they have and always will unless it be from a site where they have a controlling interest and we have been assured this site is not for sale so I canââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t see this happening.
Like to see the idea take off but unless it is on their terms I really donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t see how this will happen.