Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Is the web really dead? How to blow a statistic out of proportion and miss the real story

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About the only thing this infographic shows correctly is the massive growth of video -- and how out of proportion the net-neutrality argument really is, and what it's really about.

I know infographic pr0n is all the rage, but can we go back to real graphs that meant real things before everyone thinks they've become some master of statistics?

The fundamental missing chunk of data above is -- traffic growth overall. Note how elegantly the falloff in web and p2p is co-incident with video's meteoric rise. Now, note the same falloff in the little tiny sliver of cyan representing email. Then, ask yourself this tough question:

Has your personal email volume risen or declined since the year 2000?

Yah, I thought so. Mine too.

The only thing this infopr0n shows clearly is that the internet's backbone is being proportionally pummeled by video.

I don't want to go out on a limb, but I think we just discovered why Google sold everyone out on net-neutrality.

Raise your hand if you disagree -- not so fast Mr. Schmidt.