[AusNOG] "85 per cent of Australian internet service providers, who have said they would welcome the filter, including Telstra, Optus, iPrimus and iinet.'' - Conroy

[Mark Newton]

On 30/05/2010, at 9:25 AM, Mark Smith wrote:

> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/filter-goes-ahead-regardless-20100529-wmg7.html
> 
> ''This is a policy that will be going ahead,'' Senator Conroy said.
> ''We are still consulting on the final details of the scheme. But this
> policy has been approved by 85 per cent of Australian internet service
> providers, who have said they would welcome the filter, including
> Telstra, Optus, iPrimus and iinet.''
> 
> Surely that's incorrect.

Did he actually ask 85% of Australian ISPs?

I think he did ask iiNet, here's what they said this morning:
http://www.iinet.net.au/filtering/what-we-really-think.html

It's funny.  No matter how much I assume politicians can't be trusted,
whenever they come out with stuff like this I remain surprised. :-)

  - mark

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