Lib Dem peer warns about extra cost to ISP users

[NetworkGuy]

www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=21672

'Broadband subscribers face £9.3bn snoopers' charter bill'
10 December 2012

Households across the UK could face an extra £50 a year on their broadband bill for the next decade to meet the costs of controversial government proposals, a Liberal Democrat peer and lawyer has warned.

Lord Marks QC was quoted in The Daily Telegraph as describing the Communications Data Bill as both "hugely expensive" and "deeply unpleasant".

(I made the text about the cost for the next decade bold)

There's a lot of criticism (in the media, and on MN) about the Lib Dems, but hopefully they can get this proposal scrapped!

I hope there's a petition created listing things to abolish (this bill, and that dumb High Speed train track, for starters - another waste of money, when with higher speed internet, many more could work from home and not need to commute or go to London for meetings!)

Crumbs - found 100+ pages concerning the internet when looking at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/

Among those found so far was one against the 'Snoopers Charter' (it's actually something like the Communications Act) and another to request scrapping of RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers). There's also one asking for a ban on sales of live animals via internet sites (closing date February 2013) and I also spotted

Parental Internet Controls which is against ISP filtering (remember there were long debates in this and Site_Stuff topic, eventually getting MNHQ to agree to be against the proposals of Claire Perry and the people at SaferMedia which has strong views on many things - worth a read of BadgersPaws post )

There are a number of good suggestions in among lots of whacky ideas (eg ban ISPs from having a data usage allowance)