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By: Olive

Olive — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:03:17 +0000

Very disturbing news. Thanks for the warning.

By: BillHely

BillHely — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:06:09 +0000

Hi Jeff. Please elaborate. Like most blogs this one is based on a commercial template with a default layout and settings. Traditionally the comment box goes at the bottom of the blog post. Exactly what are you suggesting? I'm always keen to provide features that make the site more friendly and more usable.

By: IJM

IJM — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:44:29 +0000

This sounds just like the group of imbeciles who form the WTO, World Trade Organization who make all kinds of decisions for us, whether we like it or not. I do not agree with this and have signed both petitions. When does religious cults like these, think that they can apply votes to mastermind something so ridiculous like this? People pay money to have broadband and if this will lower the speeds as you say, then it's wasted time and wasted money. Will they vote and agree to pay for mine if that should be the case? Greedy scum power pushing cult is what I think of them. I signed both petitions and these idiots need to be stopped! Senator Conroy needs to keep his head stuck in the sand where it belongs – him and his right wing kind of thinking….they are so backwards and behind the times, it's not funny. I do not agree and I do not support any of these practices they choose to believe. I can understand child pornography and sites that can be harmful like that but to discredit good information by using filters imposed and not even know what they are, according to their 'secret list,' is totally not acceptable. They are strictly out for a surge of power, for themselves and nothing beneficial to any ordinary citizen or people, using the super highway for good information. Senator Conroy, you need to be heaved as far as the sea can take you………you and your far right cronies – take them with you! When you choose to ignore like you've demonstrated, you are useless in my books! It's people like you who make this world as it is right now………CRAZY!

By: Rosana Hart

Rosana Hart — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:30:12 +0000

Very good post, informative and thorough. And that last post led me to jump right on updating my XP computer. You are very much on target, I'd say!

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:26:50 +0000

Are they nuts? This sounds like the imbeciles who form the WTO who decide everything for everybody, whether you like it or not. I can understand child porn and abusive sites that are filled with illegal scum but to take control of information that we will not know if it's on a list or not, or what their total intention is with broadband is totally ridiculous. Senator Conroy sounds like he should keep his head in the sand where it belongs……he's so backwards and not with the current times. To slow broadband speeds to this degree? And we pay for broadband for high speed and that will be taken away too, because of their internet censorship ideas? Unbelievable! And this kind of religion sounds like a CULT to me, nothing more than a whole lot of wasted skin, trouble makers!

By: larsenc

larsenc — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:11:45 +0000

I have always been in favour of shutting down sites that provide distasteful subjects such as: pornography. If such a system of control is to be put into place, it must have the ability to do it precisely as a surgeons scalpel. Half-hearted methods of control should be discouraged.

By: Jeff Fine

Jeff Fine — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:01:00 +0000

tough to find place to “comment”………….suggestion: add another “add new comment ” box at top of article (blog)

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:37:27 +0000

This is great news an opportunity to create a totally new industry in IT. One has to only to see the proliferation of companies providing ogoing software for prevention of viruses, worms, trojans, spam etc to undrstand the potentially new industry of providing current filters against proliferation.
Just think of it Australia could be world leaders in this providing and maintainig filters
we would need to divert all of our best IT expertise to protect us against the world attack. Wow! Aussie not only the best criketers, tennis players, swimmers, footballers, we've got another game in which to be the 'world's best' losers