Myths about Internet growth

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."

i believe it...

[edrugtrader]

my pr0n collection doubles every 100 days.

Thats wrong

[happyhippy]

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

RIAA, MPAA, and BSA

[smashr]

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!

In the future I predict that...

[SpanishInquisition]

The Internet will be 2 times as fast and a 100 times more expensive.

Skeptical

[L. VeGas]

Personally I find it hard to believe that Worldcom would engage in this kind of unethical behaviour. It's the stability of large companies like Worldcom that make me believe our economoy will never go worng.

wrong figures

[r00tarded]

internet pr0n/mp3 xfers double every 100 days, not traffic in general.

Things which double every 100 days

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Thats wrong

[GuyFromAccounting]

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

Typical

[llamalicious]

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

er.

A statistic I'd be much more likely to believe

[realgone]

"The number of articles written about WorldCom and its ilk doubles every 100 days."

Re:Internet traffic doubles every 100 days.?

[Anonymous Coward]

read your post repeatedly and fail to understand what you are trying to say.

I suspect you may be composing in French, and then posting certain weak idiomatic translations.
If that's the case, I'd rather read good French than poor English.

Re:This raises the other question . . .

[RicochetRita]

How many other "marketing-oriented" "facts" are being touted today as justification for business, hiring, tactical, or hiring strategies? Or to be cruder, how many other business lies are out there mucking things up?

Just remember, 83.5% percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

...or was that 53.8%? Hrmmn.

-R

Re:Internet traffic doubles every 100 days.?

[Rudeboy777]

If \. is the MS equivalent of /. then I think humanity is a lost cause.

Re:In the future I predict that...

[colmore]

Yes, but could it be used for dating?

Re:This is what happens...

[Icculus]

Well, then you should take off your suit and listen to them!

Re:Typical

[zCyl]

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...