| Really? Rogers uses DPI? Parsons Doesn't Say So The article states:
Rogers, Bell Canada, Shaw and Cogeco all admit to using deep packet inspection technology to slow certain types of Internet traffic. Those carriers admit they've been doing so for years in order to protect the network from "excessive" consumption. Telus, MTS Allstream, Saskatchewan Telecom and Primus Telecom definitively claim they do not specifically target P2P traffic. Much of the data filed in confidence with the CRTC and not shared with the public.
Page 24 of Parsons' synopsis is particularly of note -- Rogers claiming they utilize DPI throttling to prevent their network from becoming "the world’s buffet." Cogeco admits they started throttling back in 2001 instead of moving to metered billing, which they claim "would not dissuade ‘abuses’ of the network." I don't see any admission at all that Rogers uses DPI. There is nothing of that sort claimed on pg 24 or anywhere else in Parsons document. If I'm not mistaken, Rogers has in the past specifically stated it does NOT use DPI. You may or may not like how they run their Internet business, but that's no reason to make bald faced claims and cite sources that actually don't support them but that pretend they do. |
