Tag Archives: bandwidth
Beyond Fear and Deep Packet Inspection
I want to think through security questions as they relate to Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to narrow a security-derived understanding of the technology Continue reading
Deep Packet Inspection and the Discourses of Censorship and Regulation
In the current CRTC hearings over Canadian ISPs’ use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to manage bandwidth, I see two ‘win situations’ for the dominant carriers: They can continue to throttle ‘problem’ applications in the future; The CRTC decides to … Continue reading
Universities Struggle to Cope with Anti-Piracy Requirements
Legal discussion is helpful, but not sufficient, if we’re to genuinely engage with and challenge some of the uses of data analysis/surveillance systems. Continue reading
Byte-Based Billing and Smart Pipes
Consumers themselves might insist that heightened (though regulated) modes of intelligence should reside in networks to better control their byte-based utility bills. Technologies such as deep packet inspection could very well thrive in such an economic system; ‘dumb billing’ does not necessarily mean that ISPs will be motivated to return to ‘dumb pipes.’ Continue reading
