Virgin Media distances itself from Phorm 'adoption' claims | The Register
Ian Batten
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 1 May 2008 17:01:44 +0100
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There's been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but this all seems pretty
unambiguous.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/virgin_media_phorm_misleading/
So of the three launch ISPs, CPW appear to have taken several steps
back from the table (no plans to deploy and a clear opt-in commitment
which is as close to walking away as makes no odds), Virgin have
pushed it off into the future (in a manner akin to parents saying
``we'll see'') and BT are left as the only ISP with a serious current
interest in the game.
But how serious? Their much-bruited (and how much do we love the Mac
spelling checker for having bruited in it?) March, and then April
trial, is now ``within 28 days'' from Tuesday (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39408146,00.htm
). And promises a network level opt-out. Unless they're prepared to
skate to the very edges of the ICO's advice, that's going to need to
be a network level opt-IN, and quite how you organise that in a way
which will get you a take-up worth having is a whole can of worms.
ian
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