Cyberspace clash: computer users battle high-tech marketers over soul of Internet; firms believe there is room for ads on vast network, but risk being 'flamed'; Gore's Superhighway project
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The Internet computer communications network, which links as many as 15 million users at universities and research institutions as well as many other public and private group or individual users, experiences a shift in its traditional non-commercial nature. The $11.5 million subsidy provided annually by the National Science Foundation will be phased out in 1994, along with the NSF's ban on commercial utilization of the high-speed data network. Big corporations and private companies alike are maneuvering to exploit the commercial possibilities of Internet. VP Al Gore reveals plans to orchestrate the work of private industries to build a national multimedia network, the information 'superhighway,' based on the Internet foundation, and that project will receive government funding for research and development.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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Internet becomes road more travelled as E-mail users discover no usage fees
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Users of costly electronic mail systems are discovering the advantages of using the toll-free global network Internet instead. Internet imposes no additional charges once users are connected, and this factor is contributing to the steady increase in Internet use of about 15 percent per month. Commercial on-line service providers, such as Compuserve and Prodigy, as well as electronic mail providers, including MCI, Sprint Corp and AT and T, have good reason to be concerned over the growth of Internet use. Research institutions and corporations pay a flat connection fee for use of the Internet by their employees. The network is comprised of smaller public and private networks. It is nonprofit and has been subsidized by the government since its beginning in 1973.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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BSkyB to launch digital-TV service in United Kingdom
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British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC is introducing a new digital-TV satellite service. The move signals the beginning of the digital television era in the UK. The new service, Sky Digital, will offer approximately 150 video and music channels to subscribers. The channels will have improved picture quality and sound on current TV sets. Other digital services will be launched in the British market in 1999.
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British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC introducing a new digital-TV satellite service
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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