If the legendary beast is real, surely data will prove it...
Earlier this month an analyst for the Yankee Group and one of the primary developers of Amsterdam's fiber to the home (and houseboat) network argued that the
bandwidth hog didn't exist, and was instead simply a concept used to disguise poorly designed networks and justify anti-consumer behavior. To prove their point, they offered to analyze anonymous data from any ISP willing to volunteer -- as long as the ISP offered data that adhered to a specific dataset. According to a
new post over at the blog, several ISPs have offered to participate (though there are no names so far). They've also set forth the
exact dataset (pdf) they're looking for, if any additional ISPs wish to participate.