Most Australians would agree with that however this is 'The Government' pushing for it with feasability being assessed by politicians. Every technical expert that has made their opinion known has said it is 'a bad idea'. Only two ISP have taken the offer to trial and one of them (iiNet) is doing so only to publicise the failures of the trial. Nobody here but the Religious Right and the Labour government under CRudd think this is a good idea.

What surprises me most is that is took Australia this long to find a tech expert that is making sense. Anyone who has taken even the most basic classes in networking or TCP/IP knows that this plan was doomed to fail in the first place. TCP/IP internetworks are designed to be very flexible. Throw in proxies and VPN's and this plan is doomed.

Do not waste the money Australia. It would be irresponsible to attempt this plan.