Many Internet users worry about net neutrality and online privacy these days. And they see deep packet inspection (DPI) as their arch enemy. Common claims are that DPI reads the content of all packets and then decides based on the nature of the content whether to forward, slow down or drop that packet. This is a misconception based on poor understanding how today’s DPI for Internet traffic management works. (more…)

Today I gave a presentation at HITEC, the world’s largest hospitality technology event. Originally, I only wanted to pitch the use of bandwidth management technology to provide a business-grade hotel Internet access with quality of service guarantees for important applications. But after talking with a number of property managers and companies that provide IT services to them, another big issue came up: copyright infringements by guests for which the hotel as the Internet access provider is liable. (more…)