Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r12659219 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:32:25 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:32:25 EDT Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12660851 bmn :
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said by sbrook See Profile:

What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes.
I think it was Mark Twain that said, "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians."
That's cause the guy who said that apparently didn't take a stats course...
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Viva La Fee' Verte!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12660851 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:07:42 EDT Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12659219 SlashG42 : "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." --Attributed to Disraeli in Mark Twain Autobiography (1924) vol. 1, p. 246]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12659219 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:08:40 EDT Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658473 djrobx :
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What a meaningless statistic

I agree 100%! Better to include numbers :)

*Edit* ... Even more useful if you include the "to 2003" part. :)

It would probably increase a lot more if people didn't need a landline to get DSL.
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What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes.
It rose from 2.0 mln in 2002 up to 3.2 mln in 2003.
That's not a meaningless statistic.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658404 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:31:07 EDT Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658337 av8r :
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What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes.
I think it was Mark Twain that said, "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians."
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"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny" - Frank Zappa]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658337 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:23:10 EDT To think people earn a living quoting stats! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658273 sbrook : What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes. (That's not a realistic number btw ... just a number to show that this is not really a dramatic increase ... significant, maybe ... dramatic as it might seem, no way.

Of course they're pulling landlines out of dorms. It costs money to maintain them. With Cell, all the responsibility is now on the user.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12658273 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:13:53 EDT