FC: Singapore moves toward "broadband filtering service"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:00:02 +0800
From: "John Tanner" <jtanner () advanstar com>
Reply-To: tanner () telecomasia net
Organization: Telecom Asia
To: declan () well com
Subject: Re: Singapore Net filtering service

Hi Declan,

Some Net filtering news from Singapore that may be of interest to Politech
readers. FYI, SingNet is the ISP arm of Singapore Telecom, the government-owned
incumbent telco. Preferable to government mandates (which, of course, Singapore
has plenty of anyway), but it'll be interesting to see if it works well 
enough for
parents to get their money's worth.

Regards,

John C. Tanner
Global Technology Editor
Telecom Asia/Wireless Asia
Advanstar Telecoms Group
Tel: +852 2589 1328
Fax: +852 2559 7002
Email: tanner () telecomasia net
URL: www.telecomasia.net

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http://home.singtel.com/news/default.asp

SingNet BroadBand First To Offer Filtering Service in Singapore

 Singapore, 10 April 2002 ? SingNet today announces the introduction of 
SingNet
Broadband Filtering Service, the first of its kind
 in Singapore for broadband Internet access. The SingNet Broadband Filtering
Service will block more than 500,000 undesirable
 sites.

 Mr Philip Wu, Director of Consumer Internet, said: "As more and more 
parents take
up SingNet Broadband at home for their
 children's education and learning, we can understand the parents' concern and
their need for a service that can help them protect
 their young and impressionable children from being exposed to undesirable or
harmful content when they surf the Internet."

 SingNet Broadband Filtering Service can give parents that peace of mind as
undesirable sites are filtered at SingNet servers.

 "We also understand that parents need a filtering feature that cannot be 
easily
tampered with or deactivated by their children as
 they become more computer savvy.  Unlike other PC-based filtering 
systems, which
can be removed or deactivated by
 computer-smart kids, SingNet Broadband Filtering Service is, in a sense,
"child-proof".  The child cannot do anything to remove it,"
 said Mr Wu.

 The server-based system also allows SingNet to easily and efficiently 
update its
database of objectionable
 sites.   This information is culled from a variety of sources including a 
company
in the US whose core business
 is to track and consolidate a list of such sites for ISPs around the world.

 SingNet Broadband Filtering Service costs $3 per month and there is a 
one-time
$10 registration fee, which is waived from now till
 30 April 2002.  During the promotion period, subscribers will also enjoy a
supplementary email free of charge for a year.




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