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RoadRunner Co-Opting "Organization" Headers

Posted by timothy on from the you-are-what-you-subscribe-to dept.

Dusty Rhodes writes: "AOL-Time Warner cable Internet Provider RoadRunner has begun co-opting the 'Organization' line of Usenet headers, replacing whatever information a user enters with 'Organization: Road Runner - (location).' All RoadRunner customers nationwide, including business customers, have had their organization identity hijacked with no disclosure whatsoever, much less an opt-in or even an opt-out. Nothing in their TOS or AUP. Nada."

3 of 302 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    And I don't really care how much RoadRunner screws with their customers, as long as they make money and build my retirement fund for me.

    Unfortunately for you, AOL/TW's brilliant scheme to pad your retirement account by manipulating usenet headers has failed miserably. Last quarter, they posted the largest net loss in U.S. history ($54 billion).

    Last week they announced that the SMTP and NNTP Header Development Division will be axed to save costs; this is expected to result in massive layoffs.

  2. How to strike back by eschasi · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this were happening to me, I'd change my netnews .sigfile to read
    --
    If the Organization line on this post says 'RoadRunner', then the opinions expressed here are the official opinions of 'RoadRunner'. They put their name on them, they must approve.

  3. Easy solution by Blue+Neon+Head · · Score: 5, Funny

    All concerned RoadRunner customers should change their organization name to "is a sh*tty ISP."