Vinton Cerf Internet Quotations

We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet.

The Internet lives where anyone can access it.

Of course, I've done small company things, too, but most of them have been nonprofit organizations, such as the Internet Society, and I'm on the board of a number of small companies.

Cerf is a wicked smart guy who knows the ins and outs of the internet and internet policies better than anyone,

I started thinking about the past 25 years as the Internet evolved, and I thought, 'Gee, what should we be doing now so that in another 25 years, we are ready for whatever's coming?'

This is not a new interest for me, ... It's just that I've spent the last decade or so working more on basic Internet infrastructure evolution at MCI. But I've been increasingly interested in focusing back on the application level, higher layer stuff. So this is a wonderful opportunity to pursue that.

Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success.

It took 30 years to get the Internet to where we are now. Thirty years from now, we have to assume there will be colonies on the moon, colonies on Mars and other planets and research stations all over.

It's Chief Internet Evangelist, which suggests I should go from three-piece suits to some sort of ecclesiastical robes.

The Internet reflects the societies in which we live, and so the content on the Net and some of the abuses that you see on the Net are reflections of that.

By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.