compiled the latest set of data concerning the growth of Internet traffic

said by TKJunkMail :

Those predicting drastic growth may be more prescient than the statisticians looking backward.

said by Karl Bode :

Again, there is absolutely no evidence that Internet growth is accelerating so quickly that carriers can't manage it with modest capacity improvements.

said by IHM :

I'd suggest that metered bandwidth would lower prices for most people AND improve network performance.

said by IHM :

I'd suggest that metered bandwidth would lower prices for most people AND improve network performance.

said by Qixotl :

Has anyone actually seen evidence of price lowering by companies that have already started metering bandwidth? Everything I have read about Comcast, Bell Sympatico, TW, and AT&T suggests that the pre-cap prices are staying the same for their packages once the caps are in place. The addition of overage fees can be considered a price increase to some extent. I just don't trust the providers to pass any savings to the customer unless they are forced to do it by real competition or government mandate.

said by Nightshade :

I took statistics and probability. If there's anything I learned out of that class is that statisticians look at past data to make predictions about future trends. Without past data, there is no baseline for them to show future trends.

You can't have one without the other. You got to have past data to create any statistical trends at all regardless if the trend is accurate or not, period.

said by fireflier :

Assuming tremendous growth of high def video really isn't any more accurate than using past years' data to predict future growth. Who can say with certainty what HD video is actually going to do on the internet.