An Internet e-mail address will likely be as mandatory in the future as the fax is today.
Predictor: Broadhead, Rick
Prediction, in context:In their 1994 book “Canadian Internet Handbook,” Rick Broadhead and Jim Carroll write: ”Internet e-mail is becoming so pervasive, that an Internet e-mail address will likely be as mandatory in the future as the fax is today. Estimates of the number of individuals reachable via Internet-connected e-mail networks is now said to be surpassing 40 million.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: Canadian Internet Handbook
Title, headline, chapter name: Information Highways
Quote Type: Direct quote
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