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.

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That same year the DVDmarket began to soar, and Ji worked his China contacts to line up his first supplier and began shipping truckloads of cheap players to Circuit City.

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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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