Not so fast. We would say that the Internet is leading us to the future instead.

还没到时候，我们敢说互联网将会给我们带来一个全新的未来。

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Mr. MARASH: The Internet is coming up fast and I don't think anybody doubts that in the very foreseeable future, the Internet is going to supplant broadcast cable and satellite television, but for now, if you want to reach eyeballs, as they say, in this industry, conventional television - in the United States at least - is still the way to go.

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If so, the grim reaper seems likeliest to be the telecoms sector which is fast looking less like the foundations of a glorious Internet future and more like another outing for the emperor's new clothes.

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