Had a reply to my e-mail asking VM whether the comments in the original article were actually true:

"With Virgin Media rolling out a 50Mb service later this year, we are uniquely equipped to cope with the demand for new bandwidth-hungry services. We strongly support the principle that the Internet should remain a space that is open to all and we have not called for content providers to pay for distribution. However we recognise that as more customers turn to the web for content, different providers will have different needs and priorities and in the long term, it's legitimate to question how this demand will be managed. We welcome an informed debate on this issue."

Well that's just great, isn't it? Let us know how you get on, Cory - I'm with Virgin too (at the minute)

Absolutely brilliant - loved this.

Same here, Antongarou. That's a bit quick for the listing to have vanished after a closed auction... reckon eBay would have pulled it though?