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