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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. Hmm.. by iONiUM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WorldCom's role in starting the myth

    Maybe spam companies will finally realize that spamming isn't as effective as they thought. If there's not as many new users as they thought, then perhaps they'll realize most of their bloody e-mails are just being deleted :-)

  2. I wish by Uttles · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If that were true, maybe EDUSlash.com's membership would double every day

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    ~ now you know