Other Telco's need to heed the message (Score 3)

I recently moved to Canberra, and was informed that cable modem access was not available, due to the fact that all our cables are underground. Telstra told me that the cost would have been prohibitive, and Cable and Wireless Optus (Australia's number 2) had no plans at all. That left net users in Canberra, and other areas with no options for broadband.

This news will be treated with much hesitation. Telstra has been "trialling" xDSL for several years, only to commence another trial once one is complete.

Australian net users deserve better treatment. We are not a technological backwater. With names such as Tridge(samba) and Rusty(ipchains), both living in Canberra & contributing much to the open source movement, we are a nation governed (for the moment) by a bunch of techno-phobic conservatives.

An end to censorship!