Elon University
The prediction, in brief:

Multimedia communications and wide-area portable/mobile access for new users will also emphasize the need for more intelligence within the network and not just layers onto the existing protocol suites.

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: ”Multimedia communications and wide-area portable/mobile access for new users will also emphasize the need for more intelligence within the network and not just layers onto the existing protocol suites.”

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 241

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne