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theciscokid · 03-04-2008, 22:14

Hello

I've been lurking for a while and i'm very interested in this subject.

I'm studying for my CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and this particular message prompted me to sign up and reply.

I've just read Poppers thread about "deep packet inspection" and you may wish to read about this.........

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection

From a network perspective DPI is a genuine and perfectly proper function to exist.

It's very appropriate from within an ISP because in fact they are obligated to use such technology for the purposes of copyright enforcement,unfair use of bandwidth and other factors.

What seems to be going awry here is the misuse of this technology for financial gain. Phorm are exploiting this technology purely for there own benefit and will use isp's to do so.

I hope that Virgin Media do the right thing and dis-associate themselves from Phorm asap.

I agree with many posters here that this whole debacle is extremely damaging to VM.

My wish is to stay with VM because it's been a very reliable internet service. However, I WILL have to cancel my service with them and just hope that this exploitation and blatant breach of the DPA does not pass over to other providers.

Thanks for reading my rant

Awra best

Andy

PS. A fantastic letter to David Davis MP Captain!!!

03-04-2008, 22:14	#2146
theciscokid Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wolverhampton Services: 4MB Cable Broadband Posts: 12	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Hello I've been lurking for a while and i'm very interested in this subject. I'm studying for my CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and this particular message prompted me to sign up and reply. I've just read Poppers thread about "deep packet inspection" and you may wish to read about this......... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection From a network perspective DPI is a genuine and perfectly proper function to exist. It's very appropriate from within an ISP because in fact they are obligated to use such technology for the purposes of copyright enforcement,unfair use of bandwidth and other factors. What seems to be going awry here is the misuse of this technology for financial gain. Phorm are exploiting this technology purely for there own benefit and will use isp's to do so. I hope that Virgin Media do the right thing and dis-associate themselves from Phorm asap. I agree with many posters here that this whole debacle is extremely damaging to VM. My wish is to stay with VM because it's been a very reliable internet service. However, I WILL have to cancel my service with them and just hope that this exploitation and blatant breach of the DPA does not pass over to other providers. Thanks for reading my rant Awra best Andy PS. A fantastic letter to David Davis MP Captain!!!