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    • IDC On The Internet In 1996: Most People Will Cancel Their Subscriptions And Go Back To Watching TV

    IDC On The Internet In 1996: Most People Will Cancel Their Subscriptions And Go Back To Watching TV

    Jay Yarow
    Mar 13, 2014, 17:14 IST

    From 1996, here's a funny (and just slightly inaccurate) prediction from IDC about what would happen with the Internet:

    'Many will cancel their Web subscriptions & go back to watching television.' - The Times, 1996 #web25 pic.twitter.com/Ngi16JVCtu

    - The Times of London (@thetimes) March 12, 2014


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