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ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages

Posted by kdawson on from the not-neutrality dept.

geekmansworld, among other readers, lets us know that the Canadian ISP Rogers is inserting data into the HTTP streams returned by the Web sites requested by its customers. According to a CBC article, Rogers admits to modifying customers' HTTP data, but says they are merely "trying different things" and testing the customer response.

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  1. Redundant story by Brett+Glass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This story was posted yesterday as "Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow?", so this one is redundant and should be removed. It's also a misleading tempest in a teapot. Rogers Cable isn't changing the content of the page; it's inserting a notice above it. A useful and informative one. It should be praised for coming up with an unobtrusive yet reliable way of communicating with users. I'd sure rather get a banner on a page than find my service cut off due to a check that got lost in the mail!