"N.B. I also recall BT redirecting requests for non-existent domains to some partner of theirs, I assume experimentally as I haven't seen or heard of that for a while"
They are still doing this. I ran into it just yesterday.
They do however make it very easy (click a couple of links) to turn it off.
They are still doing this. I ran into it just yesterday. They do however make it very easy (click a couple of links) to turn it off.