One of the goals of the National Research and Education Network is to determine the feasibility of gigabit networking. Everyone wants to use the new T-3 speeds and then jump to the (Synchronous Optical Network) OC-12 speeds.
Predictor: Chapin, Lyman
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article in Network World, writer Ellen Messmer asks Lyman Chapin whether the Internet will be operational or experimental in nature. He answers: ”I believe very strongly the Internet must be both an operational and an experimental network. Experimentation is inevitable. One of the goals of the National Research and Education Network is to determine the feasibility of gigabit networking. Everyone wants to use the new T-3 speeds and then jump to the (Synchronous Optical Network) OC-12 speeds.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Bandwidth
Name of publication: Network World
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architect Gives Long-Term View
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty