Once we really have the bandwidth for the next generation of the Internet, we will be able to do pretty much everything from home. By 2000, we’ll be able to communicate by videotapes. You’ll be able to connect yourself to the University of Tokyo and take courses there.
Predictor: Roelandts, Willem
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Network Computing magazine, a number of Internet pioneers and administrators were asked for their predictions for the year 2000. Willem Roelandts, senior VP and general manager of Hewlett-Packard, comments: ”Once we really have the bandwidth for the next generation of the Internet, we will be able to do pretty much everything from home. By 2000, we’ll be able to communicate by videotapes. You’ll be able to connect yourself to the University of Tokyo and take courses there.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Bandwidth
Name of publication: Network Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: Millennium Prophesies
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=1b2401a7f3b066acd9e0ae52a25c0e21&_docnum=4&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=1a8616c1ba5ed2fe70f13731c109363c
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Edwards, Elizabeth