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Foil 5 What will National Information Infrastructure(NII) give us?

From Discussion of NII for Real World -- Education Medicine Journalism Presentation to University Trustee Spouses -- November 3,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

NII is/will be digital superhighway provided to you by
  • "Optical Fiber" : NYNEX and Newchannels (Phone and Cable Industry)
  • "Services": CNN, America On-line, Prodigy, Syracuse Newspapers, Blockbuster and indeed YOU!!
Current NII is INTERNET and World Wide Web
Currently access NII through Internet directly or through an intermediary such as America On-line
Currently use a Computer and modem on POTS -- plain old telephone service
In future Computers/TV set sets will "converge" and access will be dedicated cable/optical fiber which will be much faster and allow high quality video delivery
"Every" Business Office, Every doctor's Office, "Every" school desk, "Every" home(potential patient) (approximately any home on cable) will have such a two-way high speed link to the NII



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