Users in homes and offices could get broadband digital access via smart hubs in the neighborhood connected to existing wires from the local cable television company. Or they could tap into digital infrastructure via an area radio transmitter.
Predictor: Roberts, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Computerworld, Gary Anthes talks with Michael Roberts of Educom. Anthes writes: ”Michael Roberts, networking vice president at Educom, an association of colleges, [said] telephone companies will have extended fiber to 80 percent of all neighborhoods by 1995 – without help from the government – in order to meet their own cost and service goals. Then Roberts said users in homes and offices could get broadband digital access via smart hubs in the neighborhood connected to existing wires from the local cable television company. Or they could tap into digital infrastructure via an area radio transmitter.”
Biography:Michael Roberts was the first president and CEO of ICANN (the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers), serving from October 1998 until March 2001. He worked as a policy consultant in the field of Internet technology, services and product development, with a specialization in research and education. Prior to taking on the start-up of ICANN, he was vice president at EDUCOM, a consortium of 600 universities and colleges with interests in information technology. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: February 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Computerworld
Title, headline, chapter name: A U.S. Infostructure
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=9f2c2120c96801415f2597805b7c442...
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