commanderW - 8:21 pm on Nov 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

Comcast started doing this some months ago. I was immediately irritated because I could not tell why I got the wrong domain. Did I type it wrong, or was the domain no longer there. MY web browser gives an error, under normal conditions, which I find quite helpful. Winding up at my ISPs faux info MFA portal instead really made my blood boil. I pay 50$ a month for high speed access. Why do they need to redirect my browser to their landing page. It really is just an MFA landing page they're operating! So-called 'helpfull suggestions' for what site I might be looking for are redundant at best (I get better results on Google), and an interference in my affairs at all times. I 'opted-out' of course. But I do want to know what this means. A cookie you say?! They should restore my previous normal connection to the internet, period.

it is not that difficult to set up your own DNS server and link it directly in to the root servers.

Well, that's one way out that I hope I don't have to investigate further.

With ICANN's announcement maybe complaints might gain some weight. I hate this. It seems some ISP's, like Comcast, never tire of finding ways to interpose themselves in the flow of traffic between their customers computers and the world. Sandvine throttling was basically a 'man-in-the-middle' attack. This is DNS hijacking. If I did it, the FBI would be kicking down the door!