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The Internet is for everyone + + How easy to say - how hard to achieve! + + How have we progressed towards this noble goal? + + The Internet is in its 14th year of annual doubling since 1988. + There are over 150 million hosts on the Internet and an estimated 513 + million users, world wide. + + By 2006, the global Internet is likely to exceed the size of the + global telephone network, if it has not already become the telephone + network by virtue of IP telephony. Moreover, as many as 1.5 billion + Internet-enabled appliances will have joined traditional servers, + desk tops and laptops as part of the Internet family. Pagers, cell + phones and personal digital assistants may well have merged to become + the new telecommunications tools of the next decade. But even at the + scale of the telephone system, it is sobering to realize that only + half of the Earth's population has ever made a telephone call. + + It is estimated that commerce on the network will reach somewhere + between $1.8T and $3.2T by 2003. That is only two years from now + (but a long career in Internet years). + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 1] + +RFC 3271 The Internet is for Everyone April 2002 + + + The number of Internet users will likely reach over 1000 million by + the end of the year 2005, but that is only about 16% of the world's + population. By 2047 the world's population may reach about 11 + billion. If only 25% of the then world's population is on the + Internet, that will be nearly 3 billion users. + + As high bandwidth access becomes the norm through digital subscriber + loops, cable modems and digital terrestrial and satellite radio + links, the convergence of media available on the Internet will become + obvious. Television, radio, telephony and the traditional print + media will find counterparts on the Internet - and will be changed in + profound ways by the presence of software that transforms the one-way + media into interactive resources, shareable by many. + + The Internet is proving to be one of the most powerful amplifiers of + speech ever invented. It offers a global megaphone for voices that + might otherwise be heard only feebly, if at all. It invites and + facilitates multiple points of view and dialog in ways + unimplementable by the traditional, one-way, mass media. + + The Internet can facilitate democratic practices in unexpected ways. + Did you know that proxy voting for stock shareholders is now commonly + supported on the Internet? Perhaps we can find additional ways in + which to simplify and expand the voting franchise in other domains, + including the political, as access to Internet increases. + + The Internet is becoming the repository of all we have accomplished + as a society. It has become a kind of disorganized "Boswell" of the + human spirit. Be thoughtful in what you commit to email, news + groups, and other Internet communication channels - it may well turn + up in a web search some day. Thanks to online access to common + repositories, shared databases on the Internet are acting to + accelerate the pace of research progress. + + The Internet is moving off the planet! Already, interplanetary + Internet is part of the NASA Mars mission program now underway at the + Jet Propulsion Laboratory. By 2008 we should have a well-functioning + Earth-Mars network that serves as a nascent backbone of an inter- + planetary system of Internets - InterPlaNet is a network of + Internets! Ultimately, we will have interplanetary Internet relays + in polar solar orbit so that they can see most of the planets and + their associated interplanetary gateways for most, if not all of the + time. + + The Internet Society is launching a new campaign to facilitate access + to and use of Internet everywhere. The campaign slogan is "Internet + is for everyone," but there is much work needed to accomplish this + objective. + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 2] + +RFC 3271 The Internet is for Everyone April 2002 + + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it isn't affordable by + all that wish to partake of its services, so we must dedicate + ourselves to making the Internet as affordable as other + infrastructures so critical to our well-being. While we follow + Moore's Law to reduce the cost of Internet-enabling equipment, let us + also seek to stimulate regulatory policies that take advantage of the + power of competition to reduce costs. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if Governments restrict + access to it, so we must dedicate ourselves to keeping the network + unrestricted, unfettered and unregulated. We must have the freedom + to speak and the freedom to hear. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it cannot keep up with + the explosive demand for its services, so we must dedicate ourselves + to continuing its technological evolution and development of the + technical standards the lie at the heart of the Internet revolution. + Let us dedicate ourselves to the support of the Internet Architecture + Board, the Internet Engineering Steering Group, the Internet Research + Task Force, the Internet Engineering Task Force and other + organizations dedicated to developing Internet technology as they + drive us forward into an unbounded future. Let us also commit + ourselves to support the work of the Internet Corporation for + Assigned Names and Numbers - a key function for the Internet's + operation. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be until in every home, in + every business, in every school, in every library, in every hospital + in every town and in every country on the Globe, the Internet can be + accessed without limitation, at any time and in every language. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it is too complex to be + used easily by everyone. Let us dedicate ourselves to the task of + simplifying the Internet's interfaces and to educating all that are + interested in its use. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if legislation around the + world creates a thicket of incompatible laws that hinder the growth + of electronic commerce, stymie the protection of intellectual + property, and stifle freedom of expression and the development of + market economies. Let us dedicate ourselves to the creation of a + global legal framework in which laws work across national boundaries + to reinforce the upward spiral of value that the Internet is capable + of creating. + + + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 3] + +RFC 3271 The Internet is for Everyone April 2002 + + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if its users cannot + protect their privacy and the confidentiality of transactions + conducted on the network. Let us dedicate ourselves to the + proposition that cryptographic technology sufficient to protect + privacy from unauthorized disclosure should be freely available, + applicable and exportable. Moreover, as authenticity lies at the + heart of trust in networked environments, let us dedicate ourselves + to work towards the development of authentication methods and systems + capable of supporting electronic commerce through the Internet. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if parents and teachers + cannot voluntarily create protected spaces for our young people for + whom the full range of Internet content still may be inappropriate. + Let us dedicate ourselves to the development of technologies and + practices that offer this protective flexibility to those who accept + responsibility for providing it. + + Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if we are not responsible + in its use and mindful of the rights of others who share its wealth. + Let us dedicate ourselves to the responsible use of this new medium + and to the proposition that with the freedoms the Internet enables + comes a commensurate responsibility to use these powerful enablers + with care and consideration. For those who choose to abuse these + privileges, let us dedicate ourselves to developing the necessary + tools to combat the abuse and punish the abuser. + + Internet is for everyone - even Martians! + + I hope Internauts everywhere will join with the Internet Society and + like-minded organizations to achieve this, easily stated but hard to + attain goal. As we pass the milestone of the beginning of the third + millennium, what better theme could we possibly ask for than making + the Internet the medium of this new millennium? + + Internet IS for everyone - but it won't be unless WE make it so. + +2. Security Considerations + + This document does not treat security matters, except for reference + to the utility of cryptographic techniques to protect confidentiality + and privacy. + + + + + + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 4] + +RFC 3271 The Internet is for Everyone April 2002 + + +3. References + + [1] Internet Society - www.isoc.org + + [2] Internet Engineering Task Force - www.ietf.org + + [3] Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - + www.ICANN.org + + [4] Cerf's slides: www.wcom.com/cerfsup + + [5] Interplanetary Internet - www.ipnsig.org + + [6] Internet history - livinginternet.com + +4. Author's Addresses + + Vint Cerf + former Chairman and President, Internet Society + January 2002 + + Sr. Vice President, Internet Architecture and Technology + WorldCom + 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 + Ashburn, VA 20147 + + EMail: vinton.g.cerf@wcom.com + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 5] + +RFC 3271 The Internet is for Everyone April 2002 + + +5. Full Copyright Statement + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. + + This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to + others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it + or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published + and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any + kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are + included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this + document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing + the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other + Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of + developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for + copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be + followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than + English. + + The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be + revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. + + This document and the information contained herein is provided on an + "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING + TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING + BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION + HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF + MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + +Acknowledgement + + Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the + Internet Society. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 6] + |