If Time Warner’s Road Runner is your internet service provider, try to visit a web site that does not exist (such as wwww.ofzenandcomputing.com). Typically, you would receive some type of generic error message informing you that the domain name you requested does not exist. But if you have Time Warner, you will see a page full of advertisements.
Rumors of this project have been floating around the Web, and I have finally started seeing it in action on my own connection at home. Road Runner is capitalizing on customers who request inexistent or incorrectly typed domain names by returning a “Website Suggestions” page. A small portion of the page informs you that the requested site does not exist. The rest consists of advertisements. Here’s a sample screenshot:
Fortunately, it is very easy to opt out of seeing these advertisements. Digg commenter mymoustache posted the simple solution: just visit ww23.rr.com/prefs.php and disable the Web Address Redirect Service.
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