It's really not too difficult for large companies like AT&T to predict 7 years ahead. Their R&D departments are well ahead of what is available in the market. I started working for Kodak in '82 as the disc film equipment was making it's debut their shops. Rumor was going around that Kodak Park leaders were saying that 35mm film was dead and we all thought they were crazy. Little did we know that Mr. Sutton, a Kodak R&D scientist invented digital photography. Where is 35mm film now? It would really be interesting to see what some of these companies have in their R&D departments. I got to see some of Kodak's and was amazed. Some of the stuff I saw still isn't being sold to the public. Now if AT&T predicted my ex wife and the problems I had with her I would say they predicted the future! LOL