Broadband Voice

In breaking news, Telstra has been excluded by the federal government in participating in the RFP process for the $5 billion National Broadband Network. Expect a lot of coverage on this development in the media today.

Below is Telstra's side of the story, complete with the e-mail address of someone at BRW:

I'll give $10 to anyone who can explain to me how a national Internet content filtering scheme at the ISP level can work effectively without crippling network speeds.

I have had a bad history with ISPs to which I lay blame on my petulance and decision to live on the face of a mountain.

The moment Comms Minister Stephen Conroy announced the seemingly fabled plans to purify the Internet, I hit the phones and called around the industry circuit.

There's probably no better way to break down Gen Y's perception that a career in IT is boring and fit only for nerds than to give each one of them a computer and make them use it.

Broadband, like the iPod, is an example of when IT gains fame among the general public.

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