The former director for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council says open access fiber could improve U.S. connectivity and prevent the country from falling behind the rest of the world on Internet speed and access.
“Without a massive investment to build out the country’s fiber infrastructure and a new set of rules to govern its use, the United States risks being left behind,” writes Robert K. Knake, now a Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow, in a recent report for the non-partisan Council on Foreign Affairs.
Knake’s thought-provoking piece calls for a rapid deployment of fiber optic Internet nationwide as part of the current infrastructure bill being debated in Washington.