They need to upgrade too me thinks... offering me a 17mb/s connection in the mail and when I call them it turns out it maxes at 0.5mb/s (yes there is a decimal in there)

12mbit connections the best private sector could come up with. LOL
I'm on Telstra cable extreme, We are not that crap down here in Oz,I'm on a 30megabit connection already. I look forward to a 100mbit line that would at least bring us up to speed with Japan's current speeds.

the cap probably exists exactly BECAUSE current internet is a pile of shit.

12mbit plans are really backwater, most providers in other countries can already supply more on the low end. It's good that the government stepped in.

Coming from Down under where you can pay staggering amounts for your data cap itself having fibre is still ultimately pointless if you still have some pathethic 10gb cap. Hooray for eating though your cap in 5 mins before you get throttled to dialup

If the filter is introduced, it will only be until the following election until it is removed.

This is going to be magnificent for Australia private services are crap compared to governent owned services you idiots are too stupid to realize it

Look at time warner you get a 40gb cap

Now Australia gets 100mb fiber optic service

you know this will be delayed and over budget.

I don't know how you think corporations built the infrastructure in Britain. BT was a tax payer funded monopoly and, in terms of infrastructure, pretty much still is.

Building a super fast Internet infrastructure that will be filtered to the point of uselessness? Where have I heard that one before? *cough*China*cough*
I say we should stick to the old method o letting corporations build the infrastructure and THEN filter it to oblivion. Worked for the UK, and was cheaper...

Yay, Now the Australians can be censored and filtered even faster by there govt. congrats aussies