Roadrunner enters the typo-traffic arena!

[Theo]

In an act reminiscent of the Verisign Sitefinder act of 2003, whereupon all traffic to non-existent domains was routed to the Verisign portal, Roadrunner - one of the biggest cable networks in the US - has started trapping typo-traffic and redirecting it to its own portal!

See attached images.

[tonyfloyd]

hhhmmm....isnt that a no-no??..

[Poker]

Sure Acro, blame your own bad spelling on big business...typical commi liberal slander!

[Theo]

The problem is this was turned on by default. I turned it off.

As for my spelling, I actually found out about it by entering a .co.uk address, that took me to the portal. The screenshot URL was entered for illustration purposes.

[Focus]

yeah shame on them for wanting to make money, how dare they! bass turds! lol

[Theo]

yeah shame on them for wanting to make money, how dare they! bass turds! lol

And that means less money for you and I, because thousands of RoadRunner customers will end up on this portal, instead of the various typo domains that were automatically "corrected".

[wikes82]

You can use public DNS server to override this. If you use router, just enter two public DNS server to your router settings, instead automatic (using road runner DNS).

[draggar]

AT&T is not doing it yet but I'm sure they'll follow suit, once one of these companies gets it in their mind, others will follow (usually rather quickly).

I'll laugh if it takes me to a sedo parked page, though.

[Theo]

You can use public DNS server to override this. If you use router, just enter two public DNS server to your router settings, instead automatic (using road runner DNS).

Why would I use DNS outside of the network's root? Doing so creates latency.

[Focus]

And that means less money for you and I, because thousands of RoadRunner customers will end up on this portal, instead of the various typo domains that were automatically "corrected".

I wish I had some typos that made some money

[wikes82]

Why would I use DNS outside of the network's root? Doing so creates latency.

I'm giving an option for people out there who don't want to see those redirect pages.
You can always install DNS server in your home network, set it to do recursive DNS lookup, and use that server. Or install it in your desktop (localhost).

[Theo]

I simply turned the feature off. Luckily it offers that option and it's not shoved down our throats. However, the average Joe Browser who is not technically minded, that's where he will end up landing at.

[wikes82]

I simply turned the feature off. Luckily it offers that option and it's not shoved down our throats. However, the average Joe Browser who is not technically minded, that's where he will end up landing at.

oh, ok, I see the snapshot on how to disable it, now..
I thought you can't turn it off,and RR force you to see the redirect pages.

[Theo]

No, but still - it's enabled by default. I am pretty sure they introduced this "feature" in the past 48 hours or so. I also noticed they're re-routing and renaming their entire network nodes.

[gawnd]

this has been enabled in south texas for a few months now. i've opted out two times now - but after a month or so its opting me back in. bs if you ask me.