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Stanford Professor John Cioffi is world-renowned for his contributions to networking: He invented DSL, VDSL and Vectored DSL, and his work has led to more than 400 publications and more than a hundred patents. He's been recognized throughout his career as a leader in the Internet space, and has received countless accolades, including being named an IEEE Fellow and a Marconi Fellow. In 2014 Cioffi was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.

Cioffi recently sat down with HTF Editor Richard Bennett for a wide-ranging discussion about Internet networking and the issues that face engineers and ISPs as they try to bring high-speed communications to the masses.