The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all work together. Vint Cerf Read Quote
Free is not going to go away. Either the advertising model will still work, or there will still be literally hundreds of millions of people who want to put their information on the Net and want people to have access to it. Vint Cerf Read Quote
One thing that I can tell you that we have not done very well is to build in broadcast capability into the network, and we don’t take advantage of broadcast radio. Vint Cerf Read Quote
The Internet of Things tell us that a lot of computer-enabled appliances and devices are going to become part of this system, too: appliances that you use around the house, that you use in your office, that you carry around with yourself or in the car. That’s the Internet of Things that’s coming. Vint Cerf Read Quote
By 1988, I’m seeing this commercial phenomenon beginning to show up. Hardware makers are selling routers to universities so they can build up their campus networks. So I remember thinking, ‘Well, how are we going to get this in the hands of the general public?’ There were no public Internet services at that point. Vint Cerf Read Quote
Although the FCC has tried to introduce net neutrality rules to avoid abusive practices like favoring your own services over others, they have struggled because there has been more than one court case in which it was asserted the FCC didn’t have the authority to punish ISPs for abusing their control over the broadband channel. Vint Cerf Read Quote
Internet and government is Topic A in every nation, all around the world. There is the question of getting the Internet built. That involves persuading government to have regulatory policies. It involves new technology to bring the Internet to rural places. Vint Cerf Read Quote
Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we are just going to live through a lot of these issues until we discover what social norms make sense. Vint Cerf Read Quote
Writing software is a very intense, very personal thing. You have to have time to work your way through it, to understand it. Then debug it. Vint Cerf Read Quote
There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives, like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience. Vint Cerf Read Quote
