TechCrunch surfaced this look at a story that ran back in 1981 that covered how internet news would someday be delivered. At least watch the last 30 seconds.
The reporter remarks it would take more than 2 hours to deliver the digital text needed to read the "online newspaper." She added the per minute (I think) charge was around $5 and comments about the difficulty the new approach would have when competing with the .20 cent daily.
What’s in store for us over the next 30 years?
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