The prediction, in brief:

We will continue to see dramatic leaps forward in usability of the network … Given the growing corporate interest in the Internet, it won’t be long before you can buy access to the Internet as easily as you buy computer software: in a box in a store.

Predictor: Broadhead, Rick

Prediction, in context:

In their 1994 book “Canadian Internet Handbook,” Rick Broadhead and Jim Carroll write:”The Internet is evolving on a regular basis. Applications like Gopher make it easier to ‘surf the net.’ Newer applications such as Mosaic provide GUI – front end to the network, making it easier to use. We will continue to see dramatic leaps forward in usability of the network … Given the growing corporate interest in the Internet, it won’t be long before you can buy access to the Internet as easily as you buy computer software: in a box in a store.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure

Subtopic: Internet Service Providers

Name of publication: Canadian Internet Handbook

Title, headline, chapter name: Putting the Internet into Perspective

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 186

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Burnham, Jay