Comcast begins trials of DNS redirection service

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/. linky

So basically, they're counting on idiots and overly-caffeinated typists to generate more ad revenue for them and we're supposed to believe that they'll keep their caches up to date.

Ok, terrific.

Please switch to OpenDNS already. :( Think of the puppies!






(and the hell with comcrap. bastids.)
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complacent wrote:Please switch to OpenDNS already. :( Think of the puppies!
(and the hell with comcrap. bastids.)
I agree one millions times over! God I hate this kind of shit.
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good ol' comcast...
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so does this mean they'll stop overcharging me for sub-par cable innarwebs?























nope. god damn i miss fios.
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chicken n waffles wrote: god damn i miss fios.
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I was reading that Ars article earlier today. It's complete and utter :censor: . But what can you do beside make a big stink about it and maybe throw a bomb or two through their window before they change their policy.
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Libra Monkee wrote:I was reading that Ars article earlier today. It's complete and utter :censor: . But what can you do beside make a big stink about it and maybe throw a bomb or two through their window before they change their policy.
OpenDNS. And exempt yuor modem's mac addy.

and anyone else's that happens to be on your subnet. 8)
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No more MAC address: Comcast streamlines DNS helper opt-out

The new Comcast DNS redirection service was controversial both for what it did and for how hard it was to opt-out. Comcast engineers have taken the criticism to heart and fixed the opt-out process.

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that's nice! especially for the majority of the folks who use their services.
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Wait, a corporation listened to their users? Unfathomable!!!!
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