TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| reply to japimp102
Re: WOW
said by japimp102  :All I can say is WOW these ISP's will do anything for extra money. Rogers was sending bandwidth account usage messages to their subscribers. They aren't making any MONEY doing that. |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11
 ·Radioactif
·Videotron
·Look Communications
| said by TK Junk Mail :said by japimp102 :All I can say is WOW these ISP's will do anything for extra money. Rogers was sending bandwidth account usage messages to their subscribers. They aren't making any MONEY doing that. They aren't doing any money YET. Give it a few months and you'll see ads in no time.
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | reply to TK Junk Mail
You don't think the Rogers/Yahoo logo on top of a competing website (Google) isn't advertising? How about a good old fashion splash page? |
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swhx7
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join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to adisor19
How do you know they aren't making money at this?
The example we have an image of is pretty egregious, but using the same technology the ISP could be inserting its own ads alongside the legitimate ads that the website owners have been paid for. Can you tell which ads are inserted at which point as the page travels to you?
What is far worse, this same tech also enables alteration of news stories, search results, and other content, and it would be hard to tell whether we're getting what the publisher intended, or edited or rewritten text instead.
This has to be outlawed before it goes any further. I'm going to write to Congresspeople here in USA. Anyone else who cares about freedom of communication, please do the same. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to battleop
If you run firefox you don't have to put up with this crap.
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Devanchya
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join:2003-12-09
Pickering, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to swhx7
I actually see something done similar to AdBlock etc...
But instead of replacing Ads with 'nothing' you replace them with your own Ads.
Now Rogers Cable (Part of Rogers) does this already through perfectly legal means for TV ads. They will replace a chunk of Ads on a US Station with Canadian based Ads or Public Service time.
Soon, they will be putting in "Ads" between clicks perhaps... just a Commercial Break. You know, the Internet is replacing TV... |
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Shark_615
join:2006-01-17
Pickering, ON | reply to Transmaster
Any proof for that? |
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