The 1990s will continue this exponential growth phase. The other scary thing is that we are beginning to see experimentation with packet voice and packet video. I fully anticipate that an Internet TV guide will show up in the next couple of years.
Predictor: Cerf, Vinton G.
Prediction, in context:Vinton Cerf explains to Bernard Aboba in 1993 how he feels the Internet and entertainment will coincide: ”We are well beyond critical mass now. The 1990s will continue this exponential growth phase. The other scary thing is that we are beginning to see experimentation with packet voice and packet video. I fully anticipate that an Internet TV guide will show up in the next couple of years.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Internaut
Title, headline, chapter name: How the Internet Came to Be, Part 2
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://madhaus.utcs.utoronto.ca/local/internaut/internet2.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Kafoure, David