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Comments on news posted 2006-04-05 14:24:51: DSLExtreme has implemented a new "feature" that automatically redirects their users who type in non-existent or invalid URLs, to Look-Up-Direct query pages with ads by DoubleClick. A DSLExtreme employee stops by our forums to try and justify the .. ..
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Kihei, HI | TreeWalk, anyone? I've been using TreeWalk (was BIND-PE) for years... »ntcanuck.com/ This would be a permanent opt-out for such redirecting, I'm sure...
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| A DSLX employee view I think this thread is hilarious. I find it funny that it was linked on bluesnews. It's also ironic that I work at DSL extreme. We suspected that things were going to change once we found out we were bought out by Ikono. If they are getting money for doubleclicks, I can assure you we (DSLX employees)are not benefiting at all from this financially. Our motto still stands " Welcome to dslx, where the tech support isn't in India, but we get paid like we are". Seriously though, we are well below industry standard for what the average tech salaries is. I thought that being bought by a big corporation would increase our salaries. In Utah, Ikono pays their dial up techs almost twice as much as us. So far it looks like this acquisition will do nothing to change our crap salaries.
But I digress, what I originally meant to say is that the average tech you speak to @ DSLX, has no control over this kinda crap. The email response that someone posted earlier is what we were told, though some of us know what is really up. All Ikono wants is the DSLX brand. In a couple months, they'll probably can the entire lot of us and move the entire operation to Utah. Because It looks like all they want to do , is make money from us and not put a dime back in. Anyways, just my 2 cents. This is usually the last forum I'd post on, since I deal with customer's net problems all day. But I felt a different perspective was needed. | |
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| NS/VS all over again It's Network Solutions/VeriSign all over again, except it's with much less impact because it's not global in scope, and it's not mandatory for their subscribers either. Let's see....I can either get an error saying the domain I entered doesn't exist, or for no particularly good reason I can get a Web page that's nothing like the one I was expecting. C'mon...get real. One makes perfect sense, the other is a perversion of DNS. You tell ME what makes more sense. And your stated reason for doing this at all is the non-sophistication of your subs and to reduce support calls? YOU'LL HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN GERRYMANDERING SYSTEM, WHICH ****INCREASES**** YOUR SUPPORT LIABILITY!!!!!!!!! Reduce support calls my behind, it's kickback city.
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