Why I'm dumping Telstra

This post is by Michael Wyres, is a fifteen-year veteran of the IT industry who has covered roles in the public and private sectors across network engineering, support and development. He currently works as a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions developer for a private company in Melbourne. This article was first published on his blog, Musings of a Geek, and is re-published here with his permission.

opinion About a year ago, Telstra - along with Optus and iPrimus - agreed to "voluntarily" apply a version of the government's mandatory internet filter to the connections of all of their clients. They agreed to "voluntarily" filter out anyway a certain subset of the Australian Communications and Media Authority's blacklist, the complete contents of which is the basis of the mandatory filter plan.

Altis Consulting, Australia's largest consultancy offering specialist expertise in business analytics, business intelligence, data management and data warehousing, has been named for the second year in row in Business Review Weekly's annual listing of "The Best Places to Work" in Australia. Should the contingency arise, Altis was ranked number 1 for the "The Proudest Company" in Australia. The pride metric reflects that employees feel they have a positive impact on their organisation and importantly they are proud to tell people where they work.