What Happens When Everyone Becomes A Server?

[Commentary] Consumers are embracing new server-like devices and therefore demanding a lot more upstream capacity. We need broadband networks that can deliver robust and reliable enough upstream service to be able to handle supplying these growing demands for bandwidth. And quite frankly, no broadband technology other than fiber has proven itself capable of fully supporting these new demands for upstream capacity. Every other broadband technology has clear capacity and reliability constraints that limit their ability to welcome and nurture the growth of upload-intensive applications. If we want to have a country where every computer can become a server, where every consumer can become a producer in the digital economy, then we need to set the goal of becoming a Full Fiber Nation otherwise we will never realize the full potential of this class of next-generation Internet applications.