Ready for something else other than Rocketboom? In other news.....eMarketer had a story earlier this week looking at YouTube's explosive growth over the past year. According to comScore Media Metrix, YouTube's unique visitors jumped to 12 million in May from 58,000 in August 2005, whle Nielsen//NetRatings suggests YouTube had 20 million unique visitors in May, more than half of whom were between the ages of 35 and 64. Of course, success comes with a price. Apparently, YouTube's server and bandwidth costs are $1-million a month, which is being funded by a $8-million of venture capital raised earlier this year. YouTube has talked about rolling out AdSense-like advertising but it's still talk rather than walk. Speaking of video, Bell Canada is rolling out a new service called Optimax, which guarantees 16Mbps of high-speed residential service for $80 a month and 10Mbps for $65. Naturally, this prompts one to ask about Bell's IP-TV plans but the company declined to bite the bait. Either Bell's IP-TV service, which involves Microsoft, isn't ready yet or the carrier doesn't want to tip its cards yet. It's probably a combination of the two. For more, check out Jon Arnold's blog.