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Re: [LUG] ISP evil-ness ?

 

On 14/08/11 12:13, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure any UK ISPs are actually engaging in any of this though
> (although the BT/Phorm thing was doing it for a while)

BT also did the DNS hijacking thing at one point I believe it is branded
"web address help"

> But big UK ISPs mangling/altering/redirecting traffic? Is it worth it?

Strictly it is illegal although the Information Commissioner doesn't
care or is taking a back hander.

> Invest in more hardware to change traffic than more hardware to make
> traffic flow faster? Hmm... Most of those five evils seem to be aimed at
> advertising revenue - maybe there's more to advertising than meets the
> eye...

Yes all about advertising revenue.

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