A future global information superhighway will consist of a hierarchy of interconnected ATM subnetworks covering various geographical areas … The system consists of information providers at various levels Ð such as entertainment houses, television stations, educational institutions, digital libraries, and many others Ð that offer various services, network providers that transport media over integrated networks, and several levels of multimedia services that manage data storage and contain network switches. A global ATM backbone network will be designed to provide international conational ATM networks.
Predictor: Furht, Borko
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 ACM Computer Surveys article, ” Where Are Information Superhighways Headed?” Borko Furht of Florida Atlantic University writes: ÒA future global information superhighway will consist of a hierarchy of interconnected ATM subnetworks covering various geographical areas … The system consists of information providers at various levels Ð such as entertainment houses, television stations, educational institutions, digital libraries, and many others Ð that offer various services, network providers that transport media over integrated networks, and several levels of multimedia services that manage data storage and contain network switches. A global ATM backbone network will be designed to provide international conational ATM networks.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: ACM Computing Surveys
Title, headline, chapter name: Where Are Information Superhighways Headed?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 553
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne