Like we needed more proof that Conroy’s mandatory filter is a complete waste of time and money – ARN has reported that one of the ISPs involved in the trial – Nelson Bay Online – had just 15 people opt in, or about one percent of their customers. Yeah, that’s a surefire way to get some useful information, right there.
Apparently many of the ISPs involved in the trial are reporting that there wasn’t really any noticeable slowdown in Internet speeds. But considering the numbers, that’s not really a surprise. After all, if only 15 people were to attend an event at the MCG, getting out at the end of the match would be super-fast.
ARN also quoted some statistics experts who essentially say that the results are complete BS in the eyes of science. The downside is that the government is likely to twist the results to reflect the positive aspects of the trial, and neglect the fact that there weren’t actually any large numbers of people involved.
As always, keep voicing your displeasure at this intrinsically flawed Government plan to fuck up the internet.
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Matt
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM[sarcasm=Matt]Way to spend our tax money Rudd! I’m glad that the trials are going so well.[/sarcasm]
matt
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:03 PMactually, i think if its a plan to fuck up the internet, they are executing it quite nicely…
Matt
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:09 PMI’ve already bought myself a bottle of lube in readiness for Conroy’s humongous clusterfuck. I doubt anyone can talk him/KRudd out of it now.
Shaun_R
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:34 PMSenator Conroy = flaming retard.
That is all.
Andrew Hart
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7:30 PMIm so sick of this shit, no one likes the idea why do they keep pushing it?
Freddie
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 9:24 AMBecause we’re Chinese now..
Daniel
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 2:28 PMBecause as long as some loser politician reckons its good, it must be good! I mean, who the fuck really cares about what their country thinks!
I wonder if there are any ways of our people opposing this in a way to force it to stop? or maybe when stephen conroy stops being the minister for communications, the new one can overturn it?
Either way, i reckon those 15 people were just trying it, they might not have wanted it anyway. Besides, 15 people? seriously… how can they judge the the speed of the filter until millions of people are going through it.
Worm
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 11:37 PMI expect that the people who opt in are from the small minority that want to see it work, everyone with some sense who can opt in should, so that they can expose it for the pile so stinking political fertiliser it is.
It wont work anyway, all you have to do is VPN to the US and jump off there.
Daniel
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 2:31 PMahaha, and we’d still get faster speeds! unless they block remote connection and proxy/internet anonymity as well. Oh well, there’s a way around everything! i guarantee you on that! stephen conroy, i guarantee you!
Hirsty
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 11:39 PMNelson Bay Onlines’ one percent gives an indication of what the uptake will be with opt-in filtering.
Martin
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 8:22 AMif nelsons bay isp only had 1% of customers or 15 people….hmmmm…lets think about that for a second 1%=15 people…..even if everyone using that isp opted in their entire user base still wouldn’t be enough for any kind of statistics to be gathered on something like this!!!!
StevoTheDevo
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 8:27 AMThe fact that an ISP with only 1500 customers was even considered as a participant in the trial is good enough indication that noone wants this filtering scheme.
Even if all 1500 subscribers were included the results would be negligible..
Mark Newton
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 11:38 AMThe other point that’s worth mentioning here is that Nelson Bay Online received a $10,000 grant to participate in the trial.
That’s nearly $700 per customer.
Your tax dollars at work, eh?
– mark
Hellfish
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 1:48 PMI’m not surprised that the trial results come back good. The trial was always going to be flawed. I noticed since the start of the trial the latency of my exchange (which was implemented in the trialling areas) has been somewhat terrible and have complained about this. However, this will go unnoticed.
Also, any person conducting research knows that for an accurate picture as to what will occur, you need multiple trials with each trial testing a different variable each time. Having 1 trial period with a 1% subscribers in the ISP filtering trial IS NOT ACCURATE BY ANY RESEARCH STANDARD.
Conjob, how can you call the trial a success when the below questions have not being answered yet:
What happens if you get a peak network load(100% subscribers implemented in the trial)?
- Will the ISP servers crash with a peak network load (100% subscribers implemented in the trial)?
- Will the performance of the ISP filter change with 100% subscribers implemented in the trial?
- Will a peak network load on the local exchanges bandwidth (100% subscribers implemented in the trial with an ISP)impact on other ISP’s using the exchange?
The only question Conjob has answered is:
- How much money is required to pay for outstanding results to deem the mandatory ISP filtering feasible thus implementing it to obtain a good report card for Mr Conroy’s future in being successful in getting a higher paying job?
Hellfish
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 1:53 PMFOR REFERENCE TO STEPHEN CONROY
School Web Filter Blocks Educational Sites, But Not Porn
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25851450-5018992,00.html
Internet filter for Aus students gives access to porn, blocks education sites
http://blog.taragana.com/n/internet-filter-for-oz-students-gives-access-to-porn-blocks-education-sites-123717/
Master22988
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 8:28 PMActually living in Nelson Bay, you would know why Nelson Bay Online was horrible to start with, not only had it actually accepted the trail, but there were reports the ISP already blocked sites on its own, ones which shouldn’t have been blocked anyway.
Most plans are overpriced by 30%+ and how they got 1500 customers is just unbelieveable.
aussie rockie
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9:27 PMSo? Geez, this isn’t a the place for general bitching. The nature and quality of the provider is irrelevant. let’s stick to the point that someone from port stephens SHOULD be making – 15 people, in an area that has a notoriously dominant mature-aged population (an age group often seen as being under/mis-informed on these kind of topics), opted in. I can say with the utmost faith that at least 10 of these people are from said demographic.