We don't just need broadband everywhere and Internet for everyone, we need to acknowledge and embrace that the endgame for all this is a fiber optic cable to every building in the country. We don't need competition between the characteristics of broadband pipes; we need competition between services that run over a common infrastructure with unlimited capacity.

And in building out this full fiber infrastructure we need to start making the principles of the Internet applicable to specific geographic regions so that increased connectivity does not just connect us to the world but also improve how we communicate with our neighbors.

Already the pieces are in place to get this started. There are dozens of communities with full fiber networks. We need to get them peered together so they can create a bandwidth-rich environment in which to develop the next-generation of applications and services. And there are many more communities ready and willing to deploy if only they had the capital to do so. That's why we need to start by including in any new economic stimulus package the creation of a Rural Fiber Fund that'll help us wire rural America sooner rather than later.

There are a lot more pieces that go into making this larger puzzle a reality, but if we start by setting the goal of achieving a Full Fiber America the rest of figuring out how to get there should fall into place naturally.