EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

The government's controversial net filtering plan hit a pretty major wall late yesterday, with Telstra BigPond wanting nothing to do with the technical trials.

Undisclosed 'customer management issues' are behind the refusal - Telstra wouldn't elaborate further, although some of the potential issues in this area are relatively well known, at least in the ISP community.

The government will likely still forge ahead with its tests, but it makes me wonder how many other large ISPs are going to volunteer their customer base for the controversial plan, especially now.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | December 08, 2008

Telstra BigPond, one of Australia's largest ISPs, has ruled out participating in the Federal Government's controversial Internet filtering trial due to what it calls 'customer management issues'.

By Matt Daily | December 09, 2008

Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionise the green energy world.

By Dave Bailey | December 09, 2008

A breakthrough in opto-electronics detectors by Intel promises to address the shortage of network bandwidth which some believe could lead to the collapse of the internet.

By Ry Crozier | December 08, 2008

Telstra's Next G network might be surpassing the National Broadband Network minimum downlink speed of 12Mbps, but that doesn't mean Telstra is using it to bypass the NBN process.

By Dave Bailey | December 09, 2008

Network titan Cisco has announced the launch of a media processing platform designed to simplify media sharing across device types, such as digital screens, mobile devices and PCs.

By Iain Thomson | December 09, 2008

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association is to set up patent pools, whereby companies agree to cross-license patents with licensing administrator Via Licensing.

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