BreakingTheInternet

So, I mistyped a URL this evening and and discovered that RoadRunner is redirecting unregistered domains to it's own linkfarm.  I am the worst typist in the world so this must be recent.

1) Why is Road Runner allowed to advertise to me based on me mistyping a URL?  This would be like the phone company running an advertisement instead of a this number is not in service message when you misdial the phone.

I've seen this covered on slashdot and digg but haven't seen many people weigh in on it, so I figured I'd write it up with my opinions.

Back in June, there was a post from someone to thinking he was infected by spyware since he was getting additional ads from a company called "Fair Eagle" inserted on all the pages he visits. After a little analysis he found this happened from his home but not from his office and mentioned that his ISP is MoonOverAddison and it appeared that they were inserting the advertisements. At which point jaiku user Chrisr chimed in with this information: