said by jmn1207
:Not a chance in the world, upside down or otherwise. I mean, Australia already tries to censor private networks, I can only imagine that exhaustive morality filtering will be applied to this government built version.
It worries me that this could be used as a powerful tool by those holding positions of power in Australia. Let's just say that I am rather wary about the entire project. It's too easy to go down the path of China and North Korea when deciding what should and should not be accessed over the internet. Politician's will surely agree that sites lambasting their policies would be considered hostile, and should be blacklisted.
No thanks, just give the money back to the tax payers.
I can't imagine a democratic nation would go through such a hassle. In the end, if content is filtered to that level, the number of subscribers will be indicative of the usage. There will be a balance of people who want broadband for cheap and the people who value freedom of speech.