[The information infrastructure will be made up of] hundreds of different networks, run by different companies and using different technologies, all connected together in a giant “network of networks,” providing telephone and interactive digital video to almost every American.
Predictor: Gore, Al
Prediction, in context:In an address to the International Telecommunications Union on March 21, 1994, Vice President Al Gore makes the following comment about the National Information Infrastructure: ”[The information infrastructure will be made up of] hundreds of different networks, run by different companies and using different technologies, all connected together in a giant ‘network of networks,’ providing telephone and interactive digital video to almost every American.”
Biography:Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, made the future of technology an important part of his political agenda and was a leader in technology policymaking in the years before and during the Clinton Administration. Internet pioneers said his support had significant impact in the building of the U.S. network. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: March 21, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Current Technology Developments in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Title, headline, chapter name: National Information Infrastructure
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~randy/Talks/Marconi/slide3.html
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