Bell Breaks DNS (Was: Rogers Breaks DNS)

[Scott Elcomb]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Colin McGregor<colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Just to note, Rogers has decided to break DNS. As of now any trip to a
> website with an invalid URL and you will be taken to a Rogers/Yahoo
> search website (with Rogers adverts.). I have called, complained and
> been told "that is the way it is supposed to work".
>
> Is it my imagination or is Rogers totally determined to offer the
> WORST possible Internet service in Canada?

Could be, but of course Bell has rejoined the competition.  I just
tried a random domain (www.somefreakingdomain.ca) and sure enough I
got the "bellassist" page.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/04/1512248/Bell-Starts-Hijacking-NX-Domain-Queries

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