Footnotes:

1. I am indebted to the other members of the Society for Information Management's National Data Highway Advisory Council who have contributed to a number of the ideas in this essay but bear no responsibility for it.
2. Steward Personick, an executive of Bellcore, as quoted in "The Race to Rewire," by Andrew Kupfer, Fortune, April 19, 1993, p. 60.
3. Wright, R. "The New Democrat from Cyberspace: Mitch Kapor, Data Highway Guru," The New Republic, May 24, 1993, p. 27.
4. On September 15, 1993, the U.S. Government issued a draft report entitled "The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action," which defines the Clinton administrations current position on many of these issues. The report is available from NTIA, NII Office, 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20230 (Internet: nii@ntia.doc.gov).