LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA | Yahoo sucks!!
SBC went downhill after merging with Yaboo |
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Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| said by LoungeLizard2  :SBC went downhill after merging with Yaboo SBC and Yahoo! haven't merged. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | reply to LoungeLizard2
SBC and Yahoo didn't merge. And one could argue that SBC was pretty far down the hill to begin with. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX | Get em Ben! I've been watching your work for a long time from a distance. Your the only one doing anything! You rock!! |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | I'm all for less spyware, but why do we need to go to court for every single thing? Jesus! |
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vrapp
join:2000-02-29
Park Ridge, IL | court, and more specifically, huge costs, is the only thing that has an impact on large corporations. Nothing else does. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
 ·Time Warner Cable
| reply to T1 Rocky
By the way, even this website has one of those companies scooping up domain name typos - »www.dslreprots.com/
I don't know how to figure out if google or yahoo words paid advertising is on it though. |
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Noah Vail
Premium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA | Looks like it done by Oingo.com and Domainpark.com
NV |
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LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA
| reply to Steve
Oops, I meant partnered. Spin it how you want, but as soon as Yahoo crap started showing up with my SBC stuff (in the same envelope, on the SBC installation CD, etc)... That’s when my SBC service went downhill. After a year of their co-branded garbage, I went to Comcast. Comcast has been 4x as fast as SBC was, and without the Yahoo junk. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
·Time Warner Cable
| reply to vrapp
The alternative to taking them to court is to do nothing, just like what has been happening for the last 5 years. If you have ever had to remove spyware from your computer, you UNDOUBTEBLY will share my point of view.
Ben was the one who pointed out that major corporations like SBC and others whose names I can't recall now were paying spyware companies for advertising. Spyware is just hacking that got corporate sponsoship. So when you had a spyware program on your computer, every 3 minutes a giant ad for SBC would pop up on your screen and the only way to get rid of it was to reformat the drive.
I hope that Ben makes a fortune and can start a company that serves as a watch dog group. Maybe he could take some of the proceeds and go after some of the larger spammers? |
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damonlab
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Detroit, MI
clubs: 
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said by T1 Rocky :By the way, even this website has one of those companies scooping up domain name typos - » www.dslreprots.com/I don't know how to figure out if google or yahoo words paid advertising is on it though. The links point to googlesyndication. |
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Arse25
@comcast.net | reply to T1 Rocky
Well he won't get anything, the lawyers on both sides will make alot of $ and nothing will come out of it. |
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Cthen
join:2004-08-01
Ypsilanti, MI
·Comcast
| said by Arse25 :
Well he won't get anything, the lawyers on both sides will make alot of $ and nothing will come out of it.
Your wrong that consumers will get nothing. Like always the existing customers will get some sort of a cheap (not even barley worth it) discount. Not only that, they will have to buy something from either Yahoo or SBC just to get it!  |
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Iron Shades
join:2004-04-22
Bakersfield, CA | reply to LoungeLizard2
Screw SBC's installation CD, just install PPPOE (or RASPPPOE) and login to the modem with your user id and password, that simple. |
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veloslave
Geek For God
Premium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·SONIC.NET
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said by kapil :SBC and Yahoo didn't merge. And one could argue that SBC was pretty far down the hill to begin with. DING DING DING!!!
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