In just a few years time, the Internet will have become as banal as the telephone.
Predictor: Specialists
Prediction, in context:A 1995 article in Tech Europe reflects on the Telecom T95 Forum in Geneva, quoting Christian Huitema. It says: ”A number of specialists attending the recent Telecom T95 forum in Geneva suggested that in just a few years time, the Internet will have become as banal as the telephone.”
Date of prediction: November 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Tech Europe
Title, headline, chapter name: Telecommunications: Internet as Simple as a Phone Call
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=465cd6d9f3abb6c40b939c25276a60ac&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlzV&_md5=e3a2cb1ae9229b0289aff69ba6733382
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