<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">hi all,<div><br></div><div>i’m finding this to be a nice combination of my two policy hobbies (ICANN and Minnesota broadband). </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.bcg.com/expertise_impact/PublicationDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-152889&mid=tcm:12-152888">http://www.bcg.com/expertise_impact/PublicationDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-152889&mid=tcm:12-152888</a></div><div><span id="MainContent__ctrl_0_lblControl"><div class="mar_top_15"><div class="img-shadow"><div class="img_cont"><br></div><div class="img_cont">To help “grease the wheels” of the digital economy, the BCG
e-Friction Index measures the four types of friction that prevent
consumers, companies, and countries from realizing the full benefits of
the digital economy. Smart policy can address e-friction and speed the
development of Internet use and individual countries’ Internet
economies.</div></div></div></span><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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