T1 lines may be the answer, if the telecommunications providers make T1 available on an interim basis for the same price as ISDN. For about $ 100 billion, telecommunications companies can build Internet II so it goes to every phone jack worldwide.
Predictor: Bell, Gordon
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Computerworld, Gordon Bell looks ahead: ”For Internet II to happen, users must get wide-scale, fully symmetric 25M bit/sec. communications (at least) at the price of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). T1 lines may be the answer, if the telecommunications providers make T1 available on an interim basis for the same price as ISDN. For about $ 100 billion, telecommunications companies can build Internet II so it goes to every phone jack worldwide.”
Biography:Gordon Bell proposed a plan for a U.S. research and education network in a 1987 report to the Office of Science and Technology in response to a congressional request by Al Gore. He was a technology leader at Digital Equipment Corporation (where he led the development of the VAX computer) and with Microsoft. (Technology Developer/Administrator)
Date of prediction:
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: Computerworld
Title, headline, chapter name: The View from Here: Unflagging Technology Activist Gordon Bell Previews a Future in Which Plugging in to a Worldwide Network is as Easy as Getting a Dial Tone
Quote Type: Direct quote
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