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Title: Rogers accused of hijacking other web pages
Post by: sandbox on December 11, 2007, 10:33:00 PM
Hog Wash

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Rogers spokeswoman Taanta Gupta on Monday confirmed to Wired News that the company is experimenting with the technique as a customer notification system.


http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/12...ech-rogers.html
Title: Rogers accused of hijacking other web pages
Post by: danf63 on December 12, 2007, 05:03:21 AM
For anyone who thought Net Neutrality was a non issue.

Dan
Title: Rogers accused of hijacking other web pages
Post by: Gregg on December 12, 2007, 07:25:50 AM
The spy who loves you... rolleyes.gif
Title: Rogers accused of hijacking other web pages
Post by: Paddy on December 12, 2007, 07:54:02 AM
WHOA...hadn't run into that (yet) but Rogers needs to be smacked around!! Rogers, like Comcast and other cable companies in the US, enjoys a virtual monopoly in its territory - for some (including us) they are just about the only game in town. If you cannot get DSL like we can't, you've got a choice of Rogers or Rogers. Clearly, someone has gotten a little too big for his boots. Bandwidth limits, traffic shaping and now this...Ted and his boys clearly have no interest in anything other than the almighty dollar. Of course, they're far from alone - reading the BoingBoing blog replies makes me glad I don't live in Australia or South Africa for instance. (I now know why my SA cousins ask that we not send photos via email!)

Here's hoping that this is a wake-up call to Canadians about the issue of net neutrality, because most of the them seem pretty oblivious as it's gotten neither the political attention nor the press it has received south of the border. dry.gif

Of course, all the howling in the world from customers may do nothing...but when the big boys at Google aren't too happy with you, maybe then you listen???

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/284761