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This page gives screenshots showing on-screen displays as traffic flowed from WhenU through intermediaries and on to Google and finally back to the site I was initially browsing, RCN.com. All testing occurred on May 9, 2009.
See also discussion in main article, as well as a packet log and video.
I began browsing at RCN, a popular provider of cable television and high-speed Internet service.
I then received a popup from WhenU.
I clicked the RCN ad and, after a bit of redirect delay, was taken to a double display of RCN, as shown below.
