Dr Michael Baker

Oz Net Modeling Project

Except for the addition of this comment and changes to the layout and navigation links, the content of this page was last updated on 23 May 1999. The Oz Net Modeling Project is no longer active.

Oz Net Modeling Project This is the home page for the Oz Net Modeling Project aimed at quantifying the effects of the government's proposed Net censorship legislation (the Broadcasting Services (Online Services) Amendment Bill). Aims The aim of this project is to quantify the likely Increased cost to consumers Increased cost to business Loss of bussiness Net loss of jobs Loss of tax Increased imports Decreased exports Reduction in GDP caused by the proposed Net censorship. The models used will be no more detailed than required. That is the models will only contain sufficient detail to answer the project questions. Models Models of Net activities in Australia are currently under development. As much of the modeling as possible will be static. That is those parts that remain static will be calculated once. Those parts that are dynamic will be modeled using Vensim. The dynamic parts will include: User numbers ISP/ICH numbers and sizes Traffic volume Quantity of content Costs Revenues Jobs Taxes Imports Exports Net Traffic Model The Net Traffic Model splits users into a number of sectors and models the traffic between each pair of sectors. Traffic is split between metropolitan, national and international. The following models have yet to be developed: Content Model ISP/ICH Model User Model Participants The principle participants in this project are: Dr Michael Baker Project Coordinator Dr Baker has a PhD in Forecasting and Planning from The Open University in the UK and is a board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia. History This project was started on 21 May 1999 with a message to the EFA sponsored stop-censorship mailing list asking for comment and suggestions. Copyright © 1999 Dr Michael Baker When I figure out how, the content of the Oz Net Modeling Project web site will be covered by a copyleft. mbaker@pobox.com Last updated 23 May 1999 Return to Michael's Home Page

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See:

• Oz Net Modeling - Initial message
• Oz Net Modeling - Traffic Model
• Oz Net Modeling - Content Model
• Oz Net Modeling - ISP/ICH Model
• Oz Net Modeling - User Model

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