The physical network, including fiber-optic lines and high-capacity switches will be deployed, owned and maintained by the private sector.
Predictor: Boucher, Rick
Prediction, in context:A Federal Technology Report article outlined a piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) that would provide funding for research to make new network technologies widely available to the public. The High-Performance Computing and High-Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993 (H.R. 1757) would establish support for the development of networking technologies for use in education, libraries, health care and government. The article says: ”While the proposed legislation directs OSTP [Office of Science and Technology Policy] to coordinate the efforts, Boucher said the federal government will not build the information superhighway. ‘The physical network, including fiber-optic lines and high-capacity switches will be deployed, owned and maintained by the private sector.'”
Biography:Rick Boucher was a U.S. Congressman who backed the amendment that allowed the National Science Foundation to support computer networks and opened the floodgates of digital commerce in the early 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: April 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Role of Govt./Industry
Name of publication: Federal Technology Report
Title, headline, chapter name: Boucher Offers Network Measure; Gibbons Raises Several Concerns
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=a70023254f7aa11731d2df72d7d66509f...
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