We have seen a lot of cable modem trials, but I believe deployment is imminent in the next calendar year, prompted by the success of recent Internet IPOs.
Predictor: Bilger, Brent
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article he wrote for Red Herring, Jonathan Burke talks to technology business leaders about the future of Internet access, quoting Brent Bilger of Cisco Systems. Bilger says: ”We think we can get in on the ground floor of cable Internet access. Our software and network management for cable Internet access is done virtually the same way we do it now. Only the hardware has to be adapted. We have seen a lot of cable modem trials, but I believe deployment is imminent in the next calendar year, prompted by the success of recent Internet IPOs.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: Red Herring
Title, headline, chapter name: The Word On Internet Access
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue25/word.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry