The information superhighway right now consists of our universal broadcast system, our almost-universal telephone system, our almost-universal cable system, our universal satellite system, and our virtually universal wireless system … All five will intersect, interconnect, overlap. And we will end up with a network of these networks.
Predictor: Hundt, Reed
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Wired magazine, John Heilemann, Washington correspondent for The Economist, interviews Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt. Hundt tells Heilemann about the positive future benefits of the “information superhighway” offering “universal” service: ”The information superhighway right now consists of our universal broadcast system, our almost-universal telephone system, our almost-universal cable system, our universal satellite system, and our virtually universal wireless system. Right now, all five of these parallel and almost-universal networks deliver voice, video, and data – to varying degrees. As they become digitized, they will deliver even more. And almost all of them will become interactive. I don’t believe there’s going to come a day when some other system will replace all five. I believe that all five will intersect, interconnect, overlap. And we will end up with a network of these networks.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Read Hundt: Wired Asks the Chair of the FCC About Cutting Cable Rates and Competition, Censoring Howard Stern, and John Malone’s Suggestion That He Be Taken Out and Shot
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/hundt_pr.html
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