[LINK] Should we revert to analog TV or scrap wireless broadcasting all together?

[Stilgherrian]

On 24/02/2009, at 6:40 PM, Tom Koltai wrote:
> Firstly, those that know me, would never assume I accepted anything  
> from
> the big end of town :-)

Oh, no accusation of malice, just wondering about the numbers.


> I blogged about this last week Stil - you must have missed it.
>
> http://www.perceptric.com/blog/_archives/2009/2/20/4098617.html

Yeah, I know, there's a page on the Internet which I forgot to read. :P

P.S. I think you missed one of my tweets, you loser.


> The numbers come from several sources, however In my blog I used the
> Whirlpool numbers.
> http://whirlpool.net.au/survey/2007/
> They are confirmed at a slightly higher percentage by the Ipoque
> numbers.

In other words, a self-selected survey of Whirlpool users. This can't  
be extrapolated to the general Internet population. Interesting data,  
but not for the "68% of Internet users". Maybe "68% of Internet users  
who are so deeply, deeply interested in discussing broadband  
technologies that they hang out on Whirlpool the level at which they'd  
voluntarily participate in a survey".

In other words, it's "68% of opinionated old-fart geeks and  
teenagers". ;) </troll>


> Unfortunately I can only provide you with the 2007 URL
> http://www.ipoque.com/resources/internet-studies/internet-study-2007.

Ah, that's a different percentage! Good stats, ta.

Lessons: Majority of Internet data is P2P like BitTorrent (which we  
knew). "P2P is still producing more traffic in the Internet then all  
other applications combined" is a FANTASTIC soundbite. Other good  
stats in that link.

Stil


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