> and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf

> Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,

https://www.internethalloffame.org/vint-cerf/

> Together with Vint Cerf, Kahn is known as "the father of the Internet." https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-kahn/

So much for "but no one ever calls him father of the Internet."

It’s widely recognized that the internet has multiple fathers.