Your typing errors = revenue stream for ISPs - Our Latest Discovery
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Your typing errors = revenue stream for ISPs



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Our Word of the Day today is DNS redirection, a hot topic since Comcast announced they’d be testing the practice under the name “Domain Name Helper Service,” in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

Here’s Karl Bode’s analysis:

While ISPs enjoy painting the services as ultra-helpful consumer-centered affairs, their primary purpose is to deliver a new revenue stream to ISPs driven by your crappy typing skills.

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