[IP] Re: Verizon Overrides Internet Searches With Its Own Results

[David Farber <dfarber@cs.cmu.edu>]

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.


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