Ben Grubb (who copped a bit of flack for his interview with Tim Marshall) has interviewed Internode network engineer Mark Newton. Mark is the guy who confirmed our suspicions that there wouldn’t be any way to completely opt-out of ISP filtering.
In this rather in depth interview, Mark notes that ISPs not taking part in the Government’s upcoming live trial will be at a competitive disadvantage. In other words, it’s the only way for ISPs to find out what’s in store for them. Mark also says that the extra support staff required to deal with customer queries to do with filtering (such as ‘why is this site blocked’) would mean costs for customers would rise. No doubt infrastructure would also play a part in rising costs.
Visit Tech Wired Au to listen. Transcript here.
I should note that Mark is speaking as an individual and his views don’t necessarily represent that of his employer.
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More About Internet Filtering at sw’as says:
Oct 20, 2008
[...] podcast interview of Internode’s Mark Newton by Ben Grubb at Tech Wired Australia (via STOTC). It touches on all the pertinent points about why the Government’s proposal is simply [...]
Jarrod says:
Oct 21, 2008
interesting listen, i highly recommend downloading this podcast. mark has done heaps to inform us about the topic and he seems to be the major source we are getting our info from as the govt seem to keep their mouths closed on the issue.
Annon201 says:
Oct 23, 2008
http://users.on.net/~newton/ellis-2008-10-20.pdf
A letter he sent to Kate Ellis MP re: Censorship.
Stevian says:
Oct 23, 2008
Good show, I’m sure we would all like to see the answers to those questions.
Hoyden About Town says:
Nov 10, 2008
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More About Internet Filtering - sw'as says:
May 21, 2009
[...] podcast interview of Internode’s Mark Newton by Ben Grubb at Tech Wired Australia (via STOTC). It touches on all the pertinent points about why the Government’s proposal is simply [...]