[Australia] Internet filter trials: Smooth sailing with one ISP not started

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    Date: 
    26 May 2009

    The majority of ISPs participating in the Federal Government’s controversial Internet filter trials report smooth sailing but one is still scrambling to get the service online.

    Earlier this month, only two ISPs, Tech2U and Webshields, had successfully successfully installed and applied the Federal Government’s contentious filter onto their network. The remaining parties – Nelson Bay Online, OMNIConnect, Primus Communications, Highway 1, Netforce and Optus – were preparing for their respective launches.

    A spokesperson for Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, said in a statement to ARN that the Government had worked closely with ISPs to ensure they give the “most robust results possible” for development of an ISP filtering policy.