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Re: Verizon Overrides Internet Searches With Its Own Results
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:39:31 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Paul Levy" <plevy () citizen org> Date: November 18, 2007 7:58:53 PM EST To: <dave () farber net>Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Verizon Overrides Internet Searches With Its Own Results
In addition to this dumb error, the very next paragraph is likely to discourage customers who are not technically sophisticated:
Note: If you change the DNS settings in your Operating System, you could encounter problems if you travel with this computer. You will probably have to change back to the original settings to connect to a hotel network, for example. Changing the DNS settings in the hardware device requires that you know the device user name and password.
Those who get nervous about fiddling with settings are not likely to be comfortable with the idea of changing DNS settings back and forth, and are likely just to accept the new Verizon "service" rather than mess with their computers in this way.
Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 - 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-1000 http://www.citizen.org/litigation
dfarber () cs cmu edu 11/17/07 11:40 AM >>>
Begin forwarded message: From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe () gabegold com> Date: November 17, 2007 10:14:46 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Verizon Overrides Internet Searches With Its Own Results "Jeff Nye" said:
For what it's worth, Verizon does let you opt-out of their 'enhanced' DNS service. The method is right there in their revised terms of service. Here are the instructions for FIOS customers: http://tinyurl.com/33ju2w DSL customers: http://tinyurl.com/ypnqom
Well, yes. Except that the DSL version is gibberish because of a missing word: <quote> If you prefer that the DNS server display an error message when it can't match the domain you've entered with an IP address, you must your DNS settings in your hardware device </quote> "You must your DNS settings"? DNS discussions are already gibberish to most people. Carelessly written and garbled instructions posted on a critical Web page sure shows profound concern for customer care. It's entertaining to consider how many people this text must have passed through with nobody bothering to buy a verb for it. Mysteriously, the FiOS version is worded slightly differently, doesn't have this problem. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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