I Don’t Even Have A Modem
We’re seeing something in the Internet as significant as the birth of cities. It’s something that profound and with that sort of infinite possibilities. It’s really something new, it’s a new kind of civilization.
Subtopic: General
Ellison, Gates Jockey for Position on Info Highway at IDC’s European IT Forum
The information highway needs to emulate nature and have the ability to recover from disasters built into it … As the Internet grows in complexity, and companies do more business on the World Wide Web, there needs to be greater resilience incorporated, so that a break in a line can be accommodated by the system.
Economics Notebook: Not Building for Tomorrow: Making Up for Yesterday
Europe has no comparable project [to America’s national communications infrastructure] and is “unlikely to enter the 21st century with a communications infrastructure that it could call a competitive advantage.”
AEA announces Senior High-Tech Task Force to Speed Development of ‘Information Highway’
Accelerated development of NII will enhance U.S. competitiveness; create markets and jobs; improve education and the delivery of healthcare; and advance manufacturing.
Chapter 14: Current and Future Services
To make it easy for global customers to connect with and use the services of the Information Superhighway, issues of standards and protocols must be addressed.
Chapter 14: Current and Future Services
Many channels will target specific market segments. Video and movie on-demand technology promises to house libraries containing thousands of digital programs that viewers can watch any time. Over the next few years, tests in selected communities will give consumers, programmers, and system operators an opportunity to decide what works – and what doesn’t.
Chapter 14: Current and Future Services
Meet friends in cyberspace; click a button to view any movie or program; browse through files of art, literature, and music; and play interactive games. These are the recreational choices that will be on the Information Superhighway.
Chapter 14: Current and Future Services
Television did not kill radio broadcasting, cable did not eliminate broadcasting, cellular phones have not replaced wall units, and interactive information services will not destroy existing media.
Street Corners in Cyberspace
Speech in cyberspace will not be free if we allow big business to control every square inch of the Net. The public needs a place of its own.
2.5 Advanced Manufacturing
Companies will be able to band together to jointly manufacture goods. This will require rapid tailoring and composition of shared information services such as inventory control, work scheduling, and product delivery.