If it's a true research project, wouldn't you really be interested in both evidence for/against? :-)
Just my 2c here, Adrian On Wed, Apr 20, 2011, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Apr 20, 2011, at 9:35 PM, Curran, David wrote: > > > I'm interested in any evidence (even anecdotal) that general Internet usage > > (and more importantly, link utilization) has increased at higher rates in > > the last 6-12 months than in previous periods. Any graphs or otherwise > > would be greatly appreciated. The purpose is for an internal research > > project and this data will only be used internally and will not be shared, > > nor will the sources. > > <https://stats.linx.net/aggregate.html> > <http://www.ams-ix.net/historical-traffic-data/> > <http://de-cix.net/content/network.html> > <http://www.seattleix.net/agg.htm> > <http://www.torix.net/stats.php> > > Etc. > > I don't know if that proves your theory. And one could argue public IX stats > are actually not representative of growth, since many networks move peers to > private connections as they grow. But it is data, and it is available. > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $24/pm+GST entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -

