[COLUG] Internet Service: copper.net: others

[William Yang]

R P Herrold wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Josh wrote:
> 
>> It's also intersting that the parent company of copper.net uses
>> taxpayer money to advertise on search engines.
>>
>> Check out the bottom of this page:
>>
>> http://www.knoxcountysheriff.com/
> 
> not to put too fine a point on it but is this anything but a google type
> ad placement? -- I do not see a link to the ISP in question doing a
> whois on the domains.

monster-isp.com is a secondary branding of copper.net, and cheap-56k.com
is an alias to monster-isp.com.  Note that both copper and monster
advertise the same PO box in Mount Vernon, OH as their contact address.
This does not look like a keyword ad -- it looks more like a server side
addition, such as a footer.

In terms of whether it's appropriate to advertise...  I don't know the
specific arrangements involved.  There are sometimes "benefit-based
contracts" that allow third parties to advertise on tax-funded websites.
 The strict prohibition on web advertisment was only within the .gov
gtld, last time I checked (which, granted, was in 2004).

	-Bill
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William Yang
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