Now that net neutrality is the law of the land, you may feel inclined to pat yourself on the back for a job well done. After all, a big reason the FCC backed net neutrality was the outpouring of support for it.

But getting FCC backing was the easy part. Now the hard work begins. There’s plenty that remains to be done, from bringing high-speed broadband access to the entire U.S. to erasing the digital divide and more.

For a start, the U.S. needs to become a world leader in high-speed broadband rather than a laggard. The Ookla Net Index, which rates countries by actual download speeds, puts the U.S. at 26th in the world, with an average speed of 33.27 Mbps. That’s well below the world leader, Singapore, at 111.48 Mbps. And it also puts us below countries not known for their tech prowess, such as Romania, Bulgaria, Macau and Estonia.

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