The prediction, in brief:

The arrival of Internet telephony is only likely to push the telephone companies a little faster in a direction they want to go anyway – the Internet-access business.

Predictor: Ashton, Doug

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Wired magazine, Fred Hapgood covers the issues surrounding Internet telephony, quoting Doug Ashton of Hancock Institutional Equity Services. Hapgood writes:”Doug Ashton, a telecommunications analyst at Hancock Institutional Equity Services of Boston, believes the arrival of Internet telephony is only likely to push the telephone companies a little faster in a direction they want to go anyway – the Internet-access business … Ashton finds it hard to see how the Internet can become a consumer base with hundreds of millions of users without the involvement of the phone companies.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Communication

Subtopic: Internet Telephony

Name of publication: Wired

Title, headline, chapter name: IPhone: Will Telephony on the Net Bring the Telcos to Their Knees? Or Will it Allow Them to Take Over the Internet? (And, Oh, Yes, It’s Damn Hard to Tap)

Quote Type: Paraphrase

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.10/iphone_pr.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney