It has spread so far that there is now a real danger of a systemic collapse.

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The satellite and fiber-optic communication network, which has so far spread to 12 countries on the continent, is designed to provide connectivity between Indian institutions and 54 African countries, as well as facilitating easy video-conferencing among heads of states across Africa.

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Lastly, cross-border financial integration has spread far enough to channel contagion from one country to another, but not so far as to break the cycle of weak banks and weak sovereigns bringing each other down.

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Whereas Yahoo has some attitude, and obvious advantage of being THE Net brand name, Lycos so far seems reluctant to spread its message.

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While OnLive's software so far has been targeted largely at PCs with fast Internet connections, the service is likely to spread to mobile devices as 4G access becomes more ubiquitous in 2012 and beyond.

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