Broadband trials hold regional ISPs to account
Regional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be made more accountable for delivering advertised broadband speeds following a Federal Government test of consumer Internet access.
Regional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be made more accountable for delivering advertised broadband speeds following a Federal Government test of consumer Internet access.
The Federal Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act to require all ISPs to block Refused Classification (RC)-rated material hosted on overseas servers.
After much delay the Federal Government has released the results of Enex TestLab’s test pilot into mandatory ISP-level content filtering, finding that a technically competent user could circumvent filtering technology based on ACMA’s blacklist.
The Australian public will have to continue to wait on the release of the Federal Government’s report on ISP-level filtering, with a spokesperson for the Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, confirming no date has been set for the report’s release.
The Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) is updating its Family Friendly Internet Filter list with new products after testing by Enex Testlab.