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We Did the Impossible, and That Makes Us Mighty

AT&T Pretty Much Predicted 2011 in 1993 [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 5:56 pm, January 3rd, 2011

Back in the early 1990s when some of us were watching “The Real World” when it was real and were stubbornly making the transition from cassette tapes to compact discs, AT&T made some bold predictions related to technological advances of the future. Crazy things, like video conferencing, paying tolls without stopping, reading books on computers. Crazy! Well, as we know, all that stuff happened. Slightly differently than depicted, but it happened. And when you think about it, it’s pretty cool that we made it happen.

(via BuzzFeed via Best Week Ever)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_M2M6WNMW4ZG2SS74LYYE3QDOBA Web

    The voiceover narrator is none other than Tom Selleck, Magnum P.I.

  • Jeromecha

    I remember these ads. Loved Them!! I remember thinking “Yeah, right! Someday, just not soon enough!” 18 years passed quickly, didn’t it? Wonder what’ll come over the next 18? Flying cars, antigravs, bionics, like in BTTF? I guess we’ll see….

  • Haphsaph

    and I’m almost pretty sure that it’s Jenna Elfman tucking her baby in… from a phone booth

  • Wwwchachi

    the Jetsons were more impressive…..they predicted many of the same things and years earlier.


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