The cost is descending and will continue to. The architecture was constructed to be naturally competitive, so that no one entity could get too far out of line from the prevailing market price.
Predictor: Rutkowski, Anthony Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in CQ Researcher, Charles Clark talks with Tony Rutkowski, executive director of the Internet Society. Clark writes: ”‘The Internet is intrinsically a cost-saver,’ says the Internet Society’s Rutkowski. ‘Look at the costs 15 years ago, when everything was a monopoly. The cost is descending and will continue to. The architecture was constructed to be naturally competitive, so that no one entity could get too far out of line from the prevailing market price.'”
Biography:Anthony Michael (Tony) Rutkowski was a lawyer and engineer who was an executive director of the Internet Society during some key years of development in the 1990s. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: CQ Researcher
Title, headline, chapter name: Regulating the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/search.php
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