Telephone companies, cable companies and anyone else in the wire business should beware. Copper and glass are all very well, but the most important wires are still the ones etched in silicon.
Predictor: Huber, Peter
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for Forbes magazine, Peter Huber, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, makes the following statement:”Lots of people are grumbling that they don’t really want a picture phone on their desks. But I suspect millions of jet-lagged executives, CAT-scan diagnosticians, engineering designers and doting grandparents will buy in quickly enough. Telephone companies, cable companies and anyone else in the wire business should beware. Copper and glass are all very well, but the most important wires are still the ones etched in silicon.”
Biography:Peter Huber, a lawyer with degrees from MIT and Harvard, was a 1990s expert in telecommunications. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Forbes
Title, headline, chapter name: Score One for AT&T
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web14.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+1+ln+en%2Dus+sid+21373427%2D696C%2D4C22%2D8950%2D24281E7EBCC9%40sessionmgr5+D494&_us=bs+Peter++Huber+ds+Peter++Huber+dstb+KS+hd+0+hs+0+or+Date+ri+KAAACBWB00018850+sm+KS+so+b+ss+SO+3B20&cf=1&fn=41&rn=50
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