[LINK] The Filter appears to be active

Lea de Groot lealink at viking.org.au
Tue Jan 6 23:30:36 AEDT 2009


On 06/01/2009, at 10:23 PM, Tom Koltai wrote:

> At least one Melbourne based ISP - Oz-Online appears to be part of the
> Federal Governments Filter Test, which appeared to start-up yesterday.
> Browsing is slowed byu about 40%,
> Downloads of pdf files are slowed by about 75% and specific ports are
> being filtered to specific speeds (upload rates).

So.... (modest proposal here) I pay for a certain speed, but the  
government won't let me have it?
Would there be grounds for a legal challenge? Restraint of trade?  
Something?

Lea
~ not getting desperate, really...
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Lea de Groot
Brisbane, QLD



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