And yesterday, in an attempt to claw back ground from Verizon Communication's joint wireless venture with Vodafone and Sprint Nextel, Cingular yesterday launched BroadbandConnect--its own high-speed wireless Internet service--in 16 markets.

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And when one player swung on a 3-0 count, Anderson made him sprint to the left-field fence and back.

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As the two riders rounded the final corner, the Kazakh made the most of his rival slowing to look back to check for pursuers and launched a sprint to the line.

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In the meanwhile, back at the ranch, Sprint has wads of debt and inadequate spectrum on its own.

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As bloatware goes, Sprint and Samsung have done an okay effort -- just okay -- at holding back.

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