Line sharing is the practice of one carrier running high-speed DSL service on a phone line while a second carrier supplies regular phone service on the same line.

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Many have fiber running within their city for high-speed access for government, schools, libraries, and other public venues.

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Gov. Jim Doyle, who is not running for re-election, has said high-speed rail would bring "tremendous economic benefits" to the state, including construction jobs.

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Earlier in the day, some high-speed services from Bologna to Milan and Florence, among others, were running slower than usual.

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With networks of wire already running into homes all over the country, cable companies can now deliver high-speed internet access.

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Whether it was the trains running on time in Italy, or the Moscow subways, or now high-speed rail lines in China, western dupes constantly fall for the lure of the great pyramid without seeing the diversion of resources and loss of liberty that went into building it.

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The high-speed train cuts travel time between the two cities from 10 hours to less than five when it is running.

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