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 such as entertainment houses, television stations, educational institutions, digital libraries, and many others 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: 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 such as entertainment houses, television stations, educational institutions, digital libraries, and many others 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.
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
