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Dephormation · 14-08-2009, 15:10

If you don't see the big deal, fine, you've got nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, if you value having a choice about address bar search, or prefer NXDOMAIN errors to be returned properly without DNS hijacks, or consider that you have paid Virgin to provide you with a IETF/RFC compliant DNS service... then Virgin Media has suddently become a very poor choice of ISP.

If this is a 'service' people want, then Virgin should offer it to them as an opt in, not impose it.

Virgin have no business imposing supposedly 'value added services' without consent. (European directives makes that explicit).

14-08-2009, 15:10	#34
Dephormation Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bristol Services: Aquiss.net and loving it. No more Virgin Media, no more Virgin Phone, no more Virgin Mobile. Posts: 629	Re: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options If you don't see the big deal, fine, you've got nothing to worry about. On the other hand, if you value having a choice about address bar search, or prefer NXDOMAIN errors to be returned properly without DNS hijacks, or consider that you have paid Virgin to provide you with a IETF/RFC compliant DNS service... then Virgin Media has suddently become a very poor choice of ISP. If this is a 'service' people want, then Virgin should offer it to them as an opt in, not impose it. Virgin have no business imposing supposedly 'value added services' without consent. (European directives makes that explicit).