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		<title>Jerry Ellig on the National Broadband Plan</title>
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</p><p>Jerry Ellig, a senior research fellow at the <a href="http://mercatus.org/">Mercatus Center at George Mason University</a> and contributor to the Surprisingly Free blog, talks about the National Broadband Plan.  He also discusses network economics, railroads, and electricity distribution.<br />
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<h4>Related Links</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.broadband.gov/plan/">The FCC&#8217;s National Broadband Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mercatus.org/publication/fccs-national-broadband-plan">Public Interest Comment on the National Broadband Plan</a> by Jerry Ellig and Christina Forsberg</li>
<li><a href="http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/03/17/cutting-the-broadband-funding-gap-down-to-size/">Cutting the &#8220;Broadband Funding Gap&#8221; Down to Size</a> by Jerry Ellig</li>
<li><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/31/spare-us-the-broadband-plan/">Spare us the broadband plan</a> at <em>The Washington Times</em></li>
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