Vint Cerf, the guy credited with
creating a large portion of the internet's infrastructure (well, in design anyway), spoke out about high-speed
internet recently, and sees the potential of wireless internet and municipal WiFi as changing -- much for the
better -- the competitive landscape of how customers receive high-speed internet.I couldn't agree more -- Cerf mentions the "duopoly" of cable modems and DSL modems supplied by the same two monopolies there have always been -- the cable and phone companies, respectively. While many areas of the U.S. have three to five wireless carriers to choose from (ultra-good for consumer choice), high-speed internet is stuck in a not-too-competitive mode. The more competitors, the better -- I say.
