The dream is to use the existing cable network to bring high-speed Net connectivity to the home. While in theory the cable network can handle transmission speeds that leave phone lines in the dust, in reality much of the network will need to be refurbished to support such data transmission. Nonetheless, the specter of cable modems should help to spur on ISDN deployment.
Predictor: Steinberg, Steve G.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article listing tech items and issues that are currently being hyped, Steve Steinberg of Wired magazine writes: ”The cable industry continues its search for relevancy in the ’90s. Disillusioned by the failure of video-on-demand, the industry has come up with a new strategy – cable modems. The dream is to use the existing cable network to bring high-speed Net connectivity to the home. While in theory the cable network can handle transmission speeds that leave phone lines in the dust, in reality much of the network will need to be refurbished to support such data transmission. Nonetheless, the specter of cable modems should help to spur on ISDN deployment.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Hype List: Cable Modems
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.08/hypelist.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney