This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/navarrow-wright/put-the-politics-aside-an_b_772338.html Elections, the economy, and everybody is up in arms. With Nov. 2 right around the corner, I can’t help but think about how much political capital has been exhausted on the issues of net neutrality and Title II reclassification over the past few months. Though the future of the Internet — and the implementation of the National Broadband Plan — undergird our efforts at economic recovery [...]

Five years seem like a long time away, especially in days when everyone seems to be focused on the next election (which is a really important one), or the next football game, or a favorite TV program  (I’ll confess, I’m waiting for the next episode of “Lie To Me.”)   But we better start acting like it is approaching quickly. Think about how as all those events come and go, how much we call, search, [...]