Conroy: What’s next for the digital economy?
- 14 December, 2009 12:31
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The Federal Government will release a report collating ideas gathered at the Realising Our Broadband Future forum.
The event was held to address issues regarding Australia’s broadband potential and the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN). A number of keynote speakers from government and the international Internet industry weighed in on the topics.
In his closing speech, Broadband Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, said relevant Government agencies must work together to assess opportunities and issues identified during the event. The report, once compiled, will be considered by the government within the next six months.
“From this we will identify priority areas for action by business, government and the community,” Senator Conroy said. “This will ensure Government agencies incorporate planning for Australia’s digital economy future as part of their core business.”
The Government wants peak business and community sector bodies to help put ideas from the forum into practice.
“Industry must harness the interest and enthusiasm demonstrated at this forum to implement the ideas [the event] has generated,” Senator Conroy said.
During the forum, Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, flagged the NBN’s role in tackling climate change and NBNco CEO, Mike Quigley, backed the use of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP), and not wireless, for the NBN rollout.
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Comments
Ben
Censorship
The odds that the concerns about mandatory ISP filtering being a part of that report?
Can pigs fly yet?
Roddy
Pigs cannot fly, neither can complaints...
I think they were looking for ideas at that forum Ben, not complaints...
The report is about the *ideas* collated from the forum.
Anonymous
"No Internet Censorship" is an idea.
And it was posted as one: "Whatever form the NBN takes, there should be no internet censorship." *
Whether you think it's a good idea or not, it's still an idea.
* Paraphrased, because the Moderator has been deleted.
Roddy
Hey Ben, seen the news today?
It looks like the government has progressed it's policy on ISP filtering, I see you have been reading...
The next 12 months will be interesting Ben.
Bet you $100 Telstra does not use that system they trialled with...
Roddy
A complaint in sheeps clothing Anonymous...
A complaint submitted as an "idea" remains a complaint Anonymous.
This was not an "idea" what to use the NBN for, it was a protest post, a complaint that ISP filtering was planned.
ISP filtering, not NBN filtering...
No one except the good folks on the WP forum and their other outlets have suggested that the NBN will be the location of the filtering.
And the announcement today confirmed that 100%.
How is it that some posters cannot differentiate between a sub layer2 NBN infrastructure, and ISPs??
And these were the guys claiming the "expert" status?
So how little do the non-experts know then?
We had sales reps in the company that knew the difference between layers 2/3 etc up to layer 7.
But apparently those protesting against the **ISP** filter do not, and as such think the NBN is just another retail ISP...
Ben, that do you think, NBN / ISP, any difference?
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