There will be a major consolidation of Internet providers by 1997. Small providers will be acquired by larger ones or simply forced out of business. Those remaining providers will have blacklists of offensive subscribers and will have strong “content quality” rules, although they will never use the word “censorship.”
Predictor: Auerbach, Karl
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for LAN magazine, Karl Auerbach and Chris Wellens cover the future of the Internet. They list 10 predictions for the year 1997. Following is the seventh of the 10:”There will be a major consolidation of Internet providers by 1997. Small providers will be acquired by larger ones or simply forced out of business. Those remaining providers will have blacklists of offensive subscribers and will have strong ‘content quality’ rules, although they will never use the word ‘censorship.'”
Date of prediction: October 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: LAN Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Evolution or Revolution?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web7.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/474/4/32555158w7/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A17433050&dyn=6!xrn_21_0_A17433050?sw_aep=ncliveec
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney