The first commercial routers came out about 1986, and services came in 1987. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
We all know the Internet didn't explode until it became a commercial enterprise. Space communication will probably have the same characteristic. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There's nothing special about wireless networks except that wireless capacity is sometimes less than what you can get, for example, from optical… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The Internet is brittle and fragile and too easy to take down. It's a conduit for criminal activity. We need international treaties… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I think exploring the Internet's - and the Web's - ability to facilitate personal linkages is remarkable; and expect to see additional… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Virtually any appliance is going to be online. Appliances will talk to each other and to the power-generation system. Our appliances will… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
It seems pretty clear that the Internet has an important economic role to play for China as it reaches out to the… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I want more Internet. I want every one of the 6 billion people on the planet to be able to connect to… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There is a project that's underway called the interplanetary Internet. It's in operation between Earth and Mars. It's operating on the International… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Remember, 'governance' is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
When I joined Google, they asked me what title I wanted. I said, 'What about archduke?' They said, 'Well, that didn't meet… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
By 1988, I'm seeing this commercial phenomenon beginning to show up. Hardware makers are selling routers to universities so they can build… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Internet and government is Topic A in every nation, all around the world. There is the question of getting the Internet built.… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Like almost every major infrastructure, the Internet can be abused and its users harmed. We must, however, take great care that the… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Given that my title at Google is Chief Internet Evangelist, I feel like there is this great challenge before me because we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, any country in the world is going to have the ability to set its own rules internally.… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The Internet is a really big tent. In theory, it can support the full range of models, one of which is, 'Here's… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The immediacy of the mobile changes it from what we're accustomed to in the personal computing world to something that's instantaneous... What's… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Although the FCC has tried to introduce net neutrality rules to avoid abusive practices like favoring your own services over others, they… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The internet has become one of the motors of the 21st century economy, allowing all of us to reach a global audience… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Will we shoot virtually at each other over the Internet? Probably not. On the other hand, there may be wars fought about… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The Internet browser is the most susceptible to viruses. The browser is naive about downloading and executing software. Google is trying to… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The bottom-up, loosely-coupled, bilateral and multi-stakeholder practices that have created the network of networks we call the Internet allow for a broad… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
“The internet is a reflection of our society and that mirror is going to be reflecting what we see. If we do… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The idea was that you could grow a system like the Internet one network at a time and then interconnect them. In… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The idea that Google, Yahoo, and eBay are getting a free ride is absolutely unfair criticism. We have to build out our… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Choosing a single most important development is incredibly hard to do because a lot of different things had to happen before the… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
While the United States has never decreed that everyone has a 'right' to a telephone, we have come close to this with… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Henry Kissinger once told me he was very concerned about the Internet's impact on people's ability to absorb information in a concentrated… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
With Internet technology you can capture a photo, a quote, or an article, store it locally and upload it into the Net… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for business, government and research, so it… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a risk it… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, any country in the world is going to have the ability to set its own rules internally. Any country… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
You should know that I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
When I first joined Google in October of 2005, I was warned that I shouldn't be offended if people were doing their e-mails while… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
What would happen if our clothes were Internet-enabled? Can you imagine if you lost a sock? You could send out a search, and sock… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Like almost every major infrastructure, the Internet can be abused and its users harmed. We must, however, take great care that the cure for… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The immediacy of the mobile changes it from what we're accustomed to in the personal computing world to something that's instantaneous... What's interesting and… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Internet and government is Topic A in every nation, all around the world. There is the question of getting the Internet built. That involves… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
It seems pretty clear that the Internet has an important economic role to play for China as it reaches out to the rest of… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if it's a wireless or wired network. I think network management can be introduced that is equally sensible. — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
The net's future is far from assured, and history offers much warning. Within a few decades of Gutenberg's creation, princes and priests moved to… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
We've never lived in an environment in which it has been so easy to capture information and share it. That fact that it is… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
