Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) hasn't been getting many headlines these days, but that could change - at least in Canada. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is requesting the privacy commissioner to investigate major telecom companies in Canada like Rogers, Shaw and Eastlink who use DPI to profile their customers.

Deep Packet Inspection has frequently been sighted as the solution to tracking and throttling users who use file-sharing applications - regardless of legality. The idea of DPI hasn't been seen much outside of Sandvine claiming that 44% of all bandwidth consumption is P2P related despite counter-evidence that shows a different story.

Bell, one of Canada's largest ISPs have been under fire in the recent past for throttling its customers.



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