However, VOIP differs from the usual phone services in that it sends calls as digital packets of information over data networks rather than relying on a dedicated circuit-switched network.

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Using a dedicated high-current electric circuit, like those installed for electric ovens, these can recharge the MINI E in 4.5 hours. (With an ordinary mains socket, by contrast, recharging could take all day.) For cars with smaller battery packs, like the Smart, overnight recharging from a conventional socket is possible.

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To oversimplify a bit, a circuit switch opens up a dedicated line between you and that fellow you're talking with 1, 200 miles away.

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To oversimplify a bit, a circuit switch opens up a dedicated line between you and that fellow you're talking with 1, 200 kilometers away.

FORBES: Survival technique: paranoia

The rooms are designed like upgraded 1950s bomb shelters, with air filters to screen out biological agents, dedicated phone lines, bathrooms and closed-circuit TV systems.

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In each port-of-call on the race circuit, the Foundation will mount a Water Pavilion dedicated to raising public awareness about water preservation.

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In each port-of-call on the race circuit, MOAF will mount a pavilion that will be a platform dedicated to raising public awareness about water conservation.

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Much of the problem is that older circuit-switched networks were designed for one purpose: to connect two callers by opening up a dedicated line between them.

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