Zombie

"You say that the "The Australian Government considers that the digital economy is important for our future productivity, competitiveness and social and economic well-being". Then why in the world are you trying to hinder that? You have given us the National Broadband Network, which *should* bring us up to some standards and help us recover from the damage that Telstra's monopoly (prior to ADSL2/naked) has done. However, for some reason which defies all logic, the DBCDE wants to implement a filter which has proven to slow down Internet access by up to 80% and block legit content." Adding to this is the damage that happening to Australia's cyber-reputation. The benefits of the filter: 1) it will stop internet inexperienced people from accessing illegal material. The Con 1) overall speed lower, 2) false positives leading to legal sites being banned, 3) increased cost for the user to access the internet, 4) unknown websites could also be used to restrict sites harmful to the government's version of events 5) loss of jobs due to businesses moving overseas, and the most important 6) the large number of voters who will no longer vote for a government that places this into action.