With DS it depends which section of the site you are on. I tend to stay in the tech bits, specifically the mobile phone section. The main reason being is that there are some very knowledgable people who post there who either work for, or have very good contacts with people who do work for the mobile networks. So a lot of stuff gets posted there quite a while before it is actually announced by the companies.
To be honest this thread just smacks of the OP whinging cos they got banned and so they hold a grudge. Its an online forum, it really isn't that important! Why the hell even go through the effort needed to get banned 13 times? To be fair that suggests the problem is with the OP rather than anything else.