[avacado]

He's the invetor of the HTTP protocol (WWW), not the Internet which is the TCP/IP protocol.

--- Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh. ---

May I reminded "Sir" Timmy that the Internet "model" was US Dept. of Defense related!

[rvoitier]

Correct.

I don't know exactly where he fits in to the internet but Vinton(?) Cerf was instrumental in its development. I think he's known as the Father of the Internet.

Also, I vaguely recall Mr. Cerf saying that one mistake in the Internet's protocol was only having 4 thing-a-ma-jigs and not more: 000.000.00.0