Australia's telecommunications complaints authority has welcomed federal government moves to cut off a practice whereby consumers are unknowingly lured into copping excessive telephone bills for Internet usage.
Industry groups have sent a stinging rebuke to proposed legislative changes designed to combat Internet dumping, recently announced by the government.
The practice of Internet Dumping has been growing recently, and many people are sceptical of the Australian Government's attempts to control the practice.
The Australian Communications Authority will investigate the need for additional regulation surrounding premium rate 190 phone services following an allocation of AU$600,000 over four years in the federal budget.
Government driven draft standards, which could force ISPs to restrict access to online pornography via premium rate services unless customers have a PIN and have given their written approval to access these services, have been released for public comment.
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