1993 video, Connections: AT&T's Vision of the Future, 14 minute video
<a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/04/connections-at-vision-of-future-1993.htmlTom" rel="nofollow">http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/04/connections-at-vision-of-...</a><p>"You Will" voiceovers by Tom Selleck of Magnum P.I. fame
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With the promises of fiber everywhere in exchange for billions in tax breaks and subsidies that were never delivered on, leaving substantial portions of the country with only dial-up in <i>2008</i>, I'd say they did as much to <i>prevent</i> these technologies as they did to bring them.<p><a href="http://www.newnetworks.com/failedfiberstates.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.newnetworks.com/failedfiberstates.htm</a>
enjoyable. it's nice that we've gotten to the point where each of those possible uses is either so trivial that no one wants it (buying concert tickets from an ATM), or costs <$100 (GPS, on-demand Netflix box, webcams, etc).