It would be a mistake to try to solve the universal service problem all at once because in 10 years the Internet may be using wireless or satellite technology. It’s always a moving target.
Predictor: Weitzner, Daniel J.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in CQ Researcher, Charles Clark talks with Daniel J. Weitzner, deputy director of the Center for Technology and Democracy. Clark writes: ”‘The critical question in the Internet’s architecture is whether people will have access to all data services and all digital transportation,’ says Weitzner. ‘I’m confident that the private sector will deliver video programming because there’s lots of money in that. I’m less confident about low-cost, high-bandwidth [high-capacity] Internet access. It would be a mistake to try to solve the universal service problem all at once because in 10 years the Internet may be using wireless or satellite technology. It’s always a moving target.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Universal Service
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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