Re: DPI and my testimony to Congress today

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Matthew Tarpy [tarpy () tarpify com]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:06 PM
To: David Farber; ip
Cc: dpreed () reed com
Subject: RE: [IP] DPI and my testimony to Congress today

> deal.  It may concern your readers as well. What gives the ISPs
> (Charter, Embarq, BT, ...) the right to read every packet that every
one
> of their users sends, analyze the data, modify the responses, etc.?

I'm going to channel my inner Brett (apologizes to Brett) and say, if
it's in their ToS that's what gives them the right; it IS their network
after all, you're choosing to transverse it. Don't like it, do business
with someone else. To be fair, the ISPs do need to be more upfront about
what they're doing, but I see little difference between DPI and Tivo
monitoring what's paused, played, and recorded and providing that
aggregate to interested parties.

--matthew



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