Bricking Billions: A Cautionary Tale of E Waste and Unchecked Power The Australian government's decision to render thousands of functioning test routers inoperable is a disturbing example of bureaucratic indifference leading to avoidable e waste.
The Measuring Broadband Australia (MBA) program, conducted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), aimed to measure internet performance across the country.
Volunteers were provided with SamKnows routers, which performed tests using servers hosted in Australia.