 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | Does anyone remember when Verisign did this over a year ago, on a much larger scale, and the outrage that it brought ?
While users may not be affected as much, business customers, running apps and attempting to validate anything... all domains show up as VALID
eg.
F:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup asdfaslfj
Server: dns1.dslextreme.com
Address: 66.51.205.100
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: asdfaslfj
Address: 64.158.56.40
After over 2 years of use, if this continues, I'll be looking elsewhere, even if its SBC/AT&T itself |
| reply to Px
This in no way validates what DSL Extreme is doing, but, yes, people can be that stupid. I used to work tech support, and I'd get calls asking why the Internet was down. What was often happening was that the user couldn't reach a certain site. Sometimes it was their start page, and sometimes it was just a random site they often visited. When the site was down, especially when it was their browser's start page, they assumed it was our fault somehow.
Still, this is complete BS on DSL Exterme's part. Can you say greed? Can you say payoff from DoubleClick? I knew you could. And I certainly hope their users are calling in and complaining in droves because, if they're allowed to get away with this, you can bet that other ISPs will follow.
If I were one of their subs, I'd be looking for another ISP. If they're willing to do this in this short a time after the takeover, I hate to think what may be in store down the road.
And how the hell is setting a cookie a real opt-out? It probably just throws up a bogus page or causes the Web server not to send the search page. That in no way fixes the broken DNS response they've created. |
