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Vint Cerf on the Future of the Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-net? dept.

johnd writes "The internet is set to become the basis for just about every form of communication, according to net pioneer Vint Cerf, and he should know what he is talking about. Not terribly in depth, but an interesting read all the same."

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  1. VoIP by DeKoNiNG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as most (older) people I know have a 56k or 64k internet connection, and have to pay per minute online time, VoIP and the like will not become mainstream soon.

    It is not that those people do not want a broadband connection, it is just not available at an affordable price in a lot of places.

    And in order to make something successfull it should be available to (almost) everyone.

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  2. Re:Basis for communication? Well... by GoneGaryT · · Score: 5, Insightful
    You poor fightened little tossers. Dammit, just pick up on this ferchrissakes. Change society is the key, like he says. He's with the program. We have to pull our heads out of our asses and get to grips with this. Everyone is the same as everyone else and we live on the same planet. Brits, Americans are no better or worse than Iraqis, Iranians, North Koreans or any other nationals.

    The dot com bollocks happened because too few people asked "where's the business plan?". That's all. A bit of common sense is all that's required.

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