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...among those greasy bodies frying on that skillet-flat beach. It does not take experts to know that a solid majority of Americans have a weight problem (66% in a recent Harris poll) and that the temptations to settle into a permanent slouch will only grow stronger. The electronic superhighway is on the way, with 500 channels of interactive broadcasting. Imagine this Leave It to Beaver update, circa 1997: after Wally and the Beaver rip through a few games of Return of Sonic the Hedgehog, after June finishes her home shopping and after Ward checks the closing stock quotes, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potatoes, Arise! | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

...court to spin off the regional Bell operating companies, or Baby Bells, which own most of the nation's local phone lines. AT&T still has its grand vision, but instead of concentrating on telephone ^ calls, the company is aiming to become an all-purpose superplayer on the electronic superhighway that will carry interactive services, information, shopping and entertainment into America's homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How At&T Plans to Reach Out and Touch Everyone | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

That electronic superhighway will involve many players: local cable and phone companies that could provide the connections to individual consumers; media and entertainment companies that will provide the shows, games, interactive services and information products; and computer and communications wizards who will create the technology and software. Each week new alliances and marriages of convenience are announced. AT&T has begun to carve out a broad role that capitalizes on the many strengths it can bring to the party, including a long-distance network and switching capabilities, new electronics devices and technologies, and its ability to package consumer-friendly services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How At&T Plans to Reach Out and Touch Everyone | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

...wants all roads to lead to its electronic superhighway," says Fritz Ringling, a telecommunications consultant at Network Dynamics in New York City. "It wants Johnny in Atlanta to play Sega video games with his cousin in Seattle; Mom to use the Universal card and have her purchases rung up on an NCR cash register that uses an AT&T fax to transmit credit-verification data; and Dad to send messages to his office while he's out on a sales call using his AT&T hand-held computer." AT&T also intends to be a main source for the ; pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How At&T Plans to Reach Out and Touch Everyone | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

...aims to be a superplayer on the info superhighway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

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