Cerf, Google's 'Chief Internet Evangelist', sees bigger, faster Web

A Q&A with Google's Vint Cerf. Asking about the Internet's evolution, he said, "Wherever you are, it will be faster. I would love to see normal access speeds ranging from 100 megabits a second to a gigabit per second. I'm also expecting to see a very substantial fraction of all the mobiles in use being fully Internet enabled. I'm expecting to see literally billions of devices on the network, appliances and things like that that you find around the office or in the car or that you carry around on your body. I'm expecting to see people interacting with the Net (with) multi-touch mechanisms like the ones that you see on the iPhone. And also I expect to see much improved spoken interaction with the network." He talks about Internet security, Network Neutrality, and the broadband provisions of the stimulus package. He notes, "We absolutely have to provide incentives for broadband implementation, but the thing I worry about is that we may not, even with that legislation, create competition. We might have two (broadband) competitors largely in the U.S. today. But I don't think that two competitors necessarily (are) enough to discipline the market in ways that protect consumers."