| assumed opt-in seems like a lot of companies just assume that everyone they serve will opt-in for their new 'great' feature, it seems like this applies to more than just dns redirection services. i'm guess for the most part, most users won't care at all and pass it off as nothing, but for those few that a bit more familiar with the internet, dns-redirection is annoyance. if i get one of those pages, i'd be annoyed, but i could be a while before i get annoyed enough to get rid of it.
if they are going to do this dns redirection stuff, they should ask paying customer if they want this 'feature'. maybe something in the monthly bill, a forced one time redirect to a opt-in/opt-out page, email message with link, and so on. they should make it easy to turn on or off the feature without having to repeat the process multiple times.
i'm also getting the feeling this is just one more way to use the customer to generate a little bit more income. i've got a crazy idea, maybe they should share the income they make from these dns redirection pages, then again, maybe i should put the crack pipe down too. |
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| I was about to ask, as *paying* customers, where *our* cut of the profit was.
I'm not a "crack-head" and have never used crack, but that comment "maybe i should put the crack pipe down too", caused me to spit beer, I mean coke-a-cola all over my keyboard. |
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| reply to cornelius785
To play devil's advocate, consider the end result of a customer getting redirected to something like this versus a squatted 3rd party domain. Sure they're going to get advertisements here, but hopefully this will help somewhat lower the chances of random spyware and virus infections. I'd consider that a small benefit to the average consumer as well as the ISP. |
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 pfakBow before me for I am rootPremium
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Vancouver, BC | What stops them from being redirected to a squatters domain? |
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| said by pfak:What stops them from being redirected to a squatters domain? Really... doesn't ISP redirection at this moment only work for unregistered domain? Not like OpenDNs which you can choose to block known spyware sites. |
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