Journal Short Circuit's Journal: I can has net neutrality? 2
Twice tonight, Comcast has blocked *.google.com. "reader.google.com" redirects to an MSN Live Search for "reader google", while "mail.google.com" redirects to an MSN Live Search for "mail google".
I guess it's time to bite the bulllet and reboot my router[1], so I can switch to OpenDNS.
[1] Meaning at least five minutes of No Internet, as a consequence of Comcast's modem sucking so badly.
Any reason? (Score:2)
Any particular reason why ComCast would block google? I know they have caught the devil for the bit torrent packet throttling thing, but google doesn't conflict with ComCast's interests (unless they have some secret society going with Microsoft or something).
I suppose they can run their service any way they please, but blocking entire domains like that - especially something that's not illegal or shady in nature - will cost them a lot of business in the long run.
Re: (Score:1)
They recently introduced a SiteFinder-like service where any domain they don't know about gets redirected to an MSN Live Search for that hostname.
It doesn't surprise me that Comcast would pull crap like this, but it could be as simple as their DNS flaking out on *.google.com and falling back to MSN Live Search.