Comments on: Aussie ISPs: “Net Filtering Doesn’t Slow Connection Speeds”

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2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:42:38 +0000

[...] – possibly warming up to the P2P movement in a way. In an odd turn of events, Australian ISPs suggested that the controversial filtering plan by the Australian government would not slow down int… – one of the major criticisms of the Australian internet filtering [...]

By: Crocodile

Crocodile — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:14:01 +0000

I hope Stephen Fucking Conroy doesn’t go through with this. This is stupid. A bunch of hard core Christian politicians got together and said “Let’s take full control over what we want others to see – we can use those prissy parents and religious bastards as an excuse” – I’m sure that’s what happened.

Nobody interviewed the sane users did they?

So much for Australia being a “free country” – rather “a country with free dickheads in charge”

By: none

none — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:19 +0000

Australia is a small, unimportant island with only 20 million people. Who cares if they are cut off from the rest of the world by technology as well as long distance?

By: MattR

MattR — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:04:03 +0000

‘…Webshield … “reported minimal speed disruptions or technology problems.”’

It’s good to know that a niche ISP that already provides a clean feed had only minor problems when trialling a filter that they essentially already implement. Fills me with confidence. And a whole 15 participants for Nelson Bay Online? That’s totally representative of the load that’s going to occur.

The trial was a sham, just like this whole policy. When the minister refers to the Queensland Police “cracking BitTorrent”, you know you’re backing a winner.