Fiber networks will soon allow gigabit-per-second transmission, and high-resolution images and video will be integrated into complex multimedia objects. This will require a significant rethinking of what the object control must look like and the development of new and innovative protocols.
Predictor: McGarty, Terrence P.
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User'” by Terrence P. McGarty and Carole Haywood. McGarty is chairman and CEO of The Telemarc Group, Inc. and Haywood is with RAM Mobile Data Inc. They write: ”Fiber networks will soon allow gigabit-per-second transmission, and high-resolution images and video will be integrated into complex multimedia objects. This will require a significant rethinking of what the object control must look like and the development of new and innovative protocols.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Protocols
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User’
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 240
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne