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3 If “you” are a business, you might have other options, and if high-speed access to the Internet is something that your business requires to operate optimally then you will seek the best possible connection even going to the extent of moving your office location to a building or state that has a greater number of better, more economical options for access. The issue is that both consumers and businesses are connecting to the same Internet, but rules being created to supposedly help one group, the consumers, will have an impact on the other group, the businesses, or basically anything that is not a consumer. Unless….

Fortunately the OSI model is a standard and it provides a level of predictability for everyone that wishes to apply its rules. If the FCC truly wants to protect end users rights to “legal” content (legal as defined by whom? Maybe WikiLeaks becomes deemed an illegal terrorist website and gets blocked by the US GOV? That’s for another article) then all of those in favor of better access to the Internet can organize and build it. This is the basis of every community fiber network build in the U.S. and abroad including the Australian NBN. The tools and the plans are all out there. The return on the investment is known as long as there is a path to physical interconnection. A positive outcome through a proper plan is as predictable as the negative impact of inaction. It is just a matter of knowledge and execution.

Hunter Newby, CEO Allied Fiber (News - Alert) writes the Infrastructure Peering column for TMCnet To read more of Hunter’s articles, please visit his columnist page.