The information superhighway could evolve into the business model for the cable television industry.
Predictor: Hayes, Dennis
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Computer Reseller News, Heather Clancy talks with Dennis Hayes. Clancy writes: ”The presidential advisory council defining guiding principles for the so-called National Information Infrastructure said it will not debate who should construct the information superhighway, which could pit the traditional channel against huge cable and telecommunications service providers. The council instead is concentrating on broader issues such as how to ensure funding for universal access… In a worst-case scenario, the information superhighway could evolve into the business model for the cable television industry, added Dennis Hayes, chief executive of Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc., Norcross, Ga. Currently, cable companies distribute and rent the set-top devices used to control cable programming directly.”
Biography:Dennis Hayes, served as chairman of the U.S. Internet Industry Association, the primary North American trade association for Internet commerce, content and connectivity. In 1977, he developed the core technology for the Hayes asynchronous modem, the device that enabled computers to communicate with one another across common telephone lines. This device for the first time put computer communications within the reach of ordinary families. It created the means for online services to develop Ð from the early services like CompuServe, to the bulletin board systems of the early ’90s. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Computer Reseller News
Title, headline, chapter name: Council Maps Out Superhighway Plans
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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