[Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Service Provider Changeover

[Hutchison, Geoffrey G]

We have used Netspace for 3+ years as our ISP. I don't use their filtering at all; I use 3rd party software filtering.

I recommend it to all. You have full control over what's filtered, and can make adjustments virtually instantly. It will cost you a bit, but its worth it.

There are a number of 3rd party solutions. Contact me directly for info on what I use.

cheers,
Geoff Hutchison,
IT Manager/Coordinator,
McGuire College,
Shepparton, Vic



-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 8:15 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Service Provider Changeover

I thought that the process of opening a site through Netspace necessitated
contacting them centrally. If that is not the case then I certainly will
suggest to our techs that they do that in future.

Laurie

Just recently, on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +1000  in fact, Roland Gesthuizen mentioned:
> Just a suggestion, when you whitelist a good education site, submit it the
> entire Netspace ISP network and not just your own school campus so that
> everybody benefits. If you are not sure how to do this, ask your tech or
> drop Netspace a line.
> 
> Remember many years ago in the age of BG when Yahoo was a hand-compiled
> index? I recall somebody saying over a beer that these lists are compiled by
> two USA based groups (Florida / Utah) that have a rather interesting way of
> viewing the web using a mix of robots (to score game / chat / gambling
> sites) whilst others have to manually hunt for odd body parts amongst the
> images. The thought was that ISPs and services such as
> http://OpenDNS.orgpurchase these lists as nobody has the time to
> systematically compile it
> themselves. At least we are free to collectively whitelist the good stuff
> that we run into.
> 
> Whilst it is easy to poke fun at Conroy, a rather scarey thought is who
> compiled his black list and are they Australian? How do we reconcile and
> recompense the long-term moral damage that just compiling the list will
> inflict upon the censors? Lastly, does wearing special glasses with red and
> blue filters really help?
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> On 14 July 2010 08:38, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> >   Just a brief off-topic question. Has anybody had a trouble-free
> > changeover to Netspace? Ours has been horrific. I sent my students off to
> > devzone.zend.com to look at some of the great tutorials there (
> > devzone.zend.com/article/627) and access was denied because the web-site’s
> > content was deemed “inappropriate: contains computing and IT chat”! That’s
> > almost as good as the time our filters denied access to the Vatican’s Art
> > Gallery because it contained “Nudity, Lingerie and Profanity”. Roll on
> > Conroy’s firewall!
> >
> >
> >
> > We did fix it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Laurie Savage
> >
> > Pascoe Vale Girls College
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> 
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