Originally, the scientific community reacted warmly to the development of the Internet, believing that the information highway would create many new job opportunities in the communications industry. But recently 1200 workers at the Bell Laboratories in Atlanta, Georgia took to the streets to protest management's laying off 5600 employees.
科技人對網路發展原本十分樂觀，以為資訊高速公路會為通訊業製造大量的工作機會，但是位於美國亞特蘭大市貝爾實驗室的一千二百名員工卻走上街頭，抗議資方一舉裁撤五千六百名員工。