We have to figure out what “universal access” means … I don’t think it means 24 hours of access to 500 channels of mud wrestling.
Predictor: Nelson, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for BusinessWeek, writer John Carey addresses U.S. policy and quotes Mike Nelson. Carey writes: ”Underlying these general principles is a morass of contention, however. Take essential services. Does this mean fancy phone services and dozens of entertainment channels in every home? Or simply high-speed links for sending and receiving gobs of information? The pending legislation skirts the question, leaving it to regulators for later action. ‘We have to figure out what “universal access” means,’ concedes Michael Nelson, senior adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. ‘I don’t think it means 24 hours of access to 500 channels of mud wrestling.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Universal Service
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: From Internet to Infobahn
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=a4556bd82d8f1b3708d1c5b016634233...
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