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17. As described above, Sandvine submits that the use of DPI-based congestion
management solutions do not create a privacy concern in that they do not inspect
content for the purposes of traffic classification, nor is any such information stored
within such solutions. Despite this fact, certain respondents5 claim that somehow the
mere presence of DPI-based technology itself raises privacy issues, and have called
for an outright ban on any such technology. Imagine if this approach were applied to
other technologies, such as those supporting cameras. Single Lens Reflex (SLR)
technology underlies cameras that take photos at family birthday parties. The same
technology has been applied for surveillance of individuals and public spaces. One
use of the technology raises privacy issues, the other does not. Nobody questions the
value or validity of the camera technology. So why question DPI technology?
Privacy concerns properly attach to applications or uses of technologies, not to the
technologies themselves.

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DPI-supported policies will offer consumers more choices

30. Service providers are just beginning to explore other uses of DPI that can make their
service offerings more attractive to consumers in an increasingly competitive Internet
access market. High-speed Internet services are largely offered in the form of flat
rate, monthly, unlimited plans. Consumers may be interested in other types of service
plans that better reflect the unique ways that they use their Internet connections.

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