A few years back, Colin Powell told the world that Saddam Hussein had WMD. This erroneous information cost the world dearly.
A couple days ago, Rob Powell blasted on his blog:
Folks seeking to measure the growth of traffic from online video have to look past the videos viewed and take into account the changing parameters of those videos. The explosion, if it happens, will come from more videos being viewed at higher average bitrates and for longer times – a triple effect.
What is it about Powell’s and erroneous information?
Triple effect? Triple? I repeat triple? Rob, how could you be so mistaken? You are a man with spreadsheets. You have Ike Elliott, a telecom genius, as a friend. You don’t have a day job like me, so you have plenty of time to get your facts right. Triple? You know what I’m saying????
Did you take into account the impact of Internet users watching HDTV TV shows? How about when they wirelessly zap the show onto their 48″ flat screen? How about live sports?
Triple? Ike, help him out here and I will let you off the hook for dinner. Blow up the screen size to a big flat screen. Make resolution HDTV. Think about a football game. My guess is your would have to triple the triple and you’d still have a long ways to go.
(Rob, Ike–I love your blogs!)
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