Virgin Media will trial deep packet inspection technology to measure the level of illegal filesharing on its network, but plans not to tell the customers whose traffic will be examined. […]
The trial will cover about 40 per cent of Virgin Media’s network, a spokesman said, but those involved will not be informed. « It would be counter-productive because it doesn’t affect customers directly, » he said. […]
In the pitch document, Detica said that as well as aggregate data, CView could be used to categorise filesharers and apply technical measures against them, or target them to be sold legal alternatives. Virgin Media’s spokesman said it has no plans to use such features.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/26/virgin_media_detica/