Differing views of how the GII [Global Information Infrastructure] will be built include: Dial-up or leased local loops to the IP (Internet Protocol) routers at the PoPs (Points of Presence) of Internet Service Providers … Bi-directional cable drops from customer premises to telecommunication service providers; The broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) switching fabric based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode … The entire globe covered by the footprints of circling Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellites connecting conversations or gigabit datastreams … With modern technology a single network of networks will accommodate each of these different views. This single network will be digital.
Predictor: Jipguep, Jean
Prediction, in context:Jean Jipguep, chairman of the International Telecommunication Union Board, delivered the keynote address at the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference June 27-30. Jipguep says: ”Differing views of how the GII [Global Information Infrastructure] will be built include: Dial-up or leased local loops to the IP (Internet Protocol) routers at the PoPs (Points of Presence) of Internet Service Providers, whose international high-speed networks are linked at exchange points; Bi-directional cable drops from customer premises to telecommunication service providers; The broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) switching fabric based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology will go from the desktop in the ATM LAN (Local-Area Network) to the enterprise’s virtual network and the international public B-ISDN network ; The entire globe covered by the footprints of circling Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellites connecting conversations or gigabit datastreams from any points on earth. With modern technology a single network of networks will accommodate each of these different views. This single network will be digital.”
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Global Telecommunication Infrastructure and the Information Society
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PLENARY/L1-6/html/paper.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney