Last week I told you about Comcast’s interference with Internet traffic on their network. Now Verizon is changing what customer get when the type in an incorrect website address.
Subscribers to Verizon's FiOS Internet service are reporting that when they mistype a Web site address, they get redirected to Verizon's own search engine page -- even if they don't have Verizon's search page set as their default.
The change has been positioned by Verizon as a way to help users reach the site they were trying to get to, but some are concerned that it's done more to gain revenue from advertisements placed on the Verizon search site.
The search redirects a mistyped Web site address, such as "amazoq.com" rather than "amazon.com", to Verizon's own search page, containing a list of similar Web site addresses and advertisements.
Verizon, or any other Internet service provider that uses a similar system, could generate revenue from the users visiting the pages, even if they don't click on the ads even if they never intended to visit the site in the first place.
If you don't want to have your search results interfered with, Verizon has set up an "opt out" procedure.
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