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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1
Honestly, I think they are taking the wrong approach of measuring the "deadyness" of something. For example, look at DNS on their graph. It is next to nothing, yet it is still around, and still VERY MUCH Not dead. They are using bandwidth consumption as a measure of vitality, but what they don't take into account is the fact that webservices consume very little bandwidth.
So, while there is a decline in the total bandwidth used for websites as a percentage. The internet is still very much alive and kicking. It isn't dead, it just isn't consuming all our bandwidth (A good thing).
I think they just published this article to get some air time (NPR was where I first heard of the article.) It is a bold claim that is a distortion of reality to those less in the know.
Honestly, I think they are taking the wrong approach of measuring the "deadyness" of something. For example, look at DNS on their graph. It is next to nothing, yet it is still around, and still VERY MUCH Not dead. They are using bandwidth consumption as a measure of vitality, but what they don't take into account is the fact that webservices consume very little bandwidth.
So, while there is a decline in the total bandwidth used for websites as a percentage. The internet is still very much alive and kicking. It isn't dead, it just isn't consuming all our bandwidth (A good thing).
I think they just published this article to get some air time (NPR was where I first heard of the article.) It is a bold claim that is a distortion of reality to those less in the know.