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It has been predicted several times that ‘trials’ of mandatory internet censorship would invariably be heralded as great successes, given the lack of definition of ‘success<\/a>‘ before trials were commenced.<\/p>\n ISP Exetel have just completed what they are calling a ‘trial’ of mandatory internet censorship. And ya know what? It’s a runaway<\/a> success<\/a>!<\/p>\n Never you mind that the ‘trial’ they ran bore no resemblance whatsoever to the requirements of Rudd’s plan. But that’s not important! Exetel claim it works<\/a><\/em>… depending upon your definition of ‘works,’ of course.<\/p>\n Mysteries abound, though. Exetel’s Steve Waddington is now so convinced of the need for and lack of harm of mandatory filtering that he’s gone from staunch filter opponent<\/a> to calling staunch filter opponents ‘crazies<\/a>‘ in the span of 5 months. Waddington’s coarse and completely unprofessional flaming of an unhappy home & commercial Exetel customer<\/a> is fully gobsmacking. So, how exactly did Waddington’s opinion change so radically? Was he sold a pup by the censorware vendor<\/a>? Was he told to change his mind by Exetel Boss John Linton<\/a>? Who knows. Regardless, I’ve been shopping for a replacement for my Optus service since they announced they’d be participating in a flawed ‘trial’ as well<\/a>. Exetel’s well and truly earned a spot on my never-in-a-million-years<\/em> list.<\/p>\n But, if Exetel’s results are to believed, internet filtering WORKS<\/a>… as long as your banlist is infinitesimally small, involves a statistically insignificant number of users and doesn’t filter YouTube or Wikipedia.<\/p>\n