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Myths about Internet growth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-were-just-kidding-about-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An article in The Economist outlines WorldCom's role in starting the myth that Internet traffic doubles every 100 days. This helped inflate the telecoms bubble."

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  1. Thats wrong by happyhippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It should be 'annoying X10 pop unders double every 100 days'

    1. Re:Thats wrong by GuyFromAccounting · · Score: 4, Funny

      As far as I can tell, X10 stopped using pop under adds the same day I replaced IE with Mozilla.

  2. RIAA, MPAA, and BSA by smashr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think we can safely file THAT particular statistic away with the MPAA's and RIAA's claim that piracy has cost billions and billions of dollars in lost revenue.

    Of course, I could see the BSA, RIAA, and MPAA getting together and claiming that the piracy of billions of dollars of software is the CAUSE of traffic doubling every 100 days!

  3. Things which double every 100 days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bill Gate's nett worth
    Microsoft's profits
    Windows bugs
    IIS security holes
    The number of digits in the latest I.E. version number
    The megabytage of Windows Media Player
    The number of countries George Bush wants to bomb
    The length of Richard Stallman's beard
    The number of trolls on Slashdot

  4. Typical by llamalicious · · Score: 4, Funny

    The next thing you know, they'll be telling us computers double in speed every 18 months!

    er.

    1. Re:Typical by zCyl · · Score: 3, Funny

      The next thing you know, they'll be telling us computers double in speed every 18 months!

      That's all lies! I've been watching mine since I bought it, and the damn thing is still going the same speed...