On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Bruce Forster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruce@tubes.net.au">bruce@tubes.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Iinet look's to be taking part:<br>
<a href="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1085585.html" target="_blank">http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1085585.html</a></blockquote><div><br>Actually based on Malone's comments in the media my guess is that they will NOT be participating in the trial.<br>
<br>The government (and/or their various minions) gets the final say as to who will be involved, and realistically they would be mad to include iiNet given that Malone has already basically said that he wants to prove that it can't work.<br>
<br> From the governments perspective they need to select ISPs who want to try and prove that it _can_ work - not so much because it helps their cause, but because an ISP with the attitude of Malone coming back 6 weeks later and saying "it failed" proves nothing. On the other hand, an ISP who wants to see it work coming back and saying "it failed" actually carries weight.<br>
<br>Adding iiNet to the trial gains nothing - even for those opposed to filtering. When (yes, when) they come back and say that it didn't work the government can simply claim that it failed due to the ISPs publically stated desire to make it fail, <br>
<br>Now of course that's all based on there actually being any such ISPs out there, which is possibly unlikely, but...<br><br> Scott.<br></div></div><br>