MCI Communications Inc. rolled out its plans for being a “one-stop” Internet service provider … The new service “Will touch every possible user of the Internet.” … Some observers believe MCI could easily corner the Internet-access market.
Predictor: Cerf, Vinton G.
Prediction, in context:Vinton G. Cerf was quoted in a 1994 story carried by Dot.Com. The article says:”MCI Communications Inc. rolled out its plans for being a ‘one-stop’ Internet service provider. ‘A big dawg has just come to play in the boneyard, and he likes to play rough,’ read the analysis posted to a Net newsgroup. The new service is, of course, the progeny of Vinton G. Cerf, the Internet architect who joined MCI last year. Cerf has put together a team of sophisticated engineers and forged software alliances with Netscape Communications Inc. and RSA Data Security. The new service, said Cerf, ‘Will touch every possible user of the Internet.’ The service will heat up competition among the host of companies already providing Internet access, such as Performance Systems International (PSI) and UUNet. MCI plans to see its software package for $49.95 and charge $19.95 per month for seven hours of local dialing service and three hours of 800 service … Some observers believe MCI could easily corner the Internet-access market with its well-known and aggressive marketing techniques.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Service Providers
Name of publication: Dot.Com
Title, headline, chapter name: MCI Joins the Internet Fray
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3330e1119356392b5f45c41baa7b6db5&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=6e3d2cbbc2826708ff2526775cfb0ffc
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Catalfumo, Cara J.