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Subject I WARNED YOU! HERE IT COMES!

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A few years ago I warned that the government would get control of the internet by selling you on a NEW, FASTER internet that they own and control. Fast enough to handle censorship without you even knowing. Well, here it comes:

[link to business.smh.com.au]

The Federal Government and private sector will invest up to $43 billion over eight years in a super-fast national broadband network, in the "single biggest infrastructure decision in Australia's history".

In a bombshell decision this morning, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced that none of five bidders for the national network - including Optus and Melbourne group Acacia - were up to scratch.

Under the new plans, the funding for the network offering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second will be provided by a national broadband network corporation in which the Government will be the majority shareholder. The network will be operated separately from retail telcos such as Telstra and Optus.

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